French Miss: Jon Stewart Destroys CNN, CBS Coverage of French President Hollande’s Visit

French President Francois Hollande‘s discuss with to the White Home this week, full with formal state dinner, carried with it a myriad of newsworthy angles, from the joint op-ed through Hollande and US President Barack Obama that dealt with momentous overseas coverage concerns involving Syria and Iran, to a joint press conference at which President Obama answered questions about key home considerations. On Tuesday evening’s The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took the media to process for specializing in a quite much less weighty difficulty.

After some ribbing of pinkeye-ravaged sportscaster Bob Costas, Stewart delivered a blistering critique of mainstream media protection of President Hollande’s discuss with, which relentlessly fascinated with the truth that Hollande was not accompanied by using any type of Girl, First or otherwise. Hollande, in fact, is embroiled in a tumultuous (by way of US standards) romantic scenario, which Stewart posited need not have turn into Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? meets the Cuban Missile Problem for the likes of CNN and CBS News, whereas scolding Al Jazeera The united states for blundering into “inappropriately in-depth” protection of the consult with.

Misplaced in Stewart’s critique, though, were important points of the talk over with like President Obama’s comic story at Monticello, or First Woman Michelle Obama‘s “Bone Appetit” tweet. Try to do better next time, Jon.

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