Jon Stewart thinks the jury's out on cable news' Trump trial coverage
by The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club— It was the first day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and while we don’t have much to say about the allegedly sleepy, flatulent-laden proceedings, Jon Stewart sure did. Appearing on tonight’s Daily Show, Stewart took out his red pen and gave the media a big, fat “F” for its first day of coverage. It turns out that simply saying you’ve learned many lessons over the last eight years doesn’t make it accurate. Stewart set the segment up by reminding his viewers that this was a historic test of...
Deadline—‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Calls Out Cable News Networks For How They Cover Donald Trump Amid Hush Money Trial. Jon Stewart led Monday’s episode of The Daily Show with Donald Trump’s hush money trial and dinged news networks for how they cover it. “This trial will obviously be a test of the fairness of the American legal system, but it’s also a test of the media’s ability to cover Donald Trump in a responsible […]
Mashable—Jon Stewart hits out at the media's obsessive Trump trial coverage. Jon Stewart has taken aim at the media for their obsessive coverage of Trump's trial on "The Daily Show".
The Guardian—Jon Stewart blasts media coverage of Trump trial: ‘Spectacle of the most banal of details’. Late-night hosts talk about the media coverage of Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial after first day of argumentsLate-night hosts talk Donald Trump’s defense arguments and media coverage of his first criminal trial in New York. Continue reading