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!!The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

!!The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

* January 14th: The time that, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/32gqt1/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-haiti-earthquake-reactions right after the Haiti Earthquake]], when Jon called out Radio/RushLimbaugh, Pat Robertson, and Rachel Maddow for their total insensitivity and heartlessness in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. He even responded [[TheFundamentalist to Robertson]] by ''[[AsTheGoodBookSays quoting the Bible at him]]''.

* March 29th: Wyatt Cenac's [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/cxqk3m/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-health-care-slime-machine take]] on Right Wing violence as a reaction to the Health Care Vote. "Bring it on, we've got guns too." going further to say that if a vote that you disapprove of entitles you to use violence, then what is he entitled to do in response to your violence?

* September 30: Getting Chris Christie on his first week of his show, and Christie admitting that his appearance could be considered a political strategy to boost his poll numbers. Really goes to show how far the show has come that actual candidates consider The Daily Show equivalent to a campaign stop to boost appeal, even with Jon having moved on.

-->'''Stewart''': You know, I'm sorry... normally we have all our writers we've got [[ThinkTank a big room of people kicking that sound byte around]], but right now, it's just me. So... (''taps pen against desk'') let me just see if I can very quickly whip something up here... (''thinking noises'') Ooo! Ooo, ooo! I've got something! Uh... FUCK YOU.\\

* As 16 years and 23 awards will tell you, there's a ''very'' good reason why Jon Stewart was [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html voted America's most trusted newscaster]] after Creator/WalterCronkite passed away [[note]](although he points out in stand-up that anyone could've won against the competing choices)[[/note]].

There's a ''very'' good reason why Jon Stewart was [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html voted America's most trusted newscaster]] after Creator/WalterCronkite passed away [[note]](although he points out in stand-up that anyone could've won against the competing choices)[[/note]].
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* The moment when a comedy show, hosted by comedians and written by comedy writers, became a respected news source and considered to be the watchdog of other news shows and channels — their statements taken as valid opinions, and the show given actual credibility. Again, these are not journalists, reporters, or newscasters. These are comedians (a fact that drives the rest of the News Media community up the wall). [[FridgeHorror While in some aspects it is a very disturbing commentary on our society]], I think that is the Daily Show's true moment of Utter Awesome.
** Jon himself responded to this with "If it's true, it's terrifying. We're not really ''watch''dogs, we're the kind of dogs that lick each other's balls." A pretty funny response, but oddly enough, it speaks volumes about his character — he's been called the Creator/MarkTwain of our time, but he's absolutely determined to never let it get to his head, which is a quality that is very admirable.
* Jon Stewart, a man who has no experience as a journalist beyond conducting humorous interviews of several influential people, was NBC's first choice to succeed David Gregory as host of ''Series/MeetThePress'' in 2014.
* Providing a launching pad for performers like Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/JohnOliver, and Creator/LarryWilmore, who had their own acclaimed programs ''Series/TheColbertReport'', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', and ''Series/TheNightlyShow'', respectively.

!!The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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[[folder:2000]]

[[folder:2001]]
* September 20th: Jon's [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1q93jy/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-september-11--2001 speech about 9/11]] definitely qualifies, along with being a HeartwarmingMoment as Stewart visibly holds back tears and talks about the strengths of America. (''WARNING: If you're not planning on [[TearJerker bawling your eyes out]], this is '''not''' the link to click.'')
** This more so than anything else probably marks the point where ''The Daily Show'' became more than just a joke news show.

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[[folder:2003]]
* April 28th: A foreign policy debate between two very powerful men with deeply opposing viewpoints. ''The Daily Show'' presents: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/3e83yu/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-bush-v--bush President George W. Bush (2002) v. Governor George W. Bush (2000)!]] Ah, flip-flops. Such a boon for comedy.

* May 12th: Creator/LewisBlack's finest moment on the show: "[[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s1th3k/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-south-park-death-threats Glenn Beck has Nazi Tourettes!]]"

* July 26th: Upon hearing of Shirley Sherrod's firing, Jon [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6z22kp/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-lost-in-race utterly lambasted]] all those involved, taking viewers mistep by mistep through the scandal. This is one of his most thorough jobs in recent memory. He nails the administration for watching only a contextless edited clip of Sherrod's supposedly incriminating speech and attempting to avoid admitting real fault by admitting only to bad methods of firing her, rather than bad actions in firing her at all. Then he nails the NAACP for claiming to have been "snookered" into believing Sherrod racist, though it was they who neglected to watch the full interview, and to realize that the edited clip had been made by a self-proclaimed hater of the institutional left, and thus might be a trap. Finally he skewers an Obama rep for, instead of apologizing and moving on, attempting to bookend his fleeting apology with a reprimand to...well, pretty much the rest of the world, for not spotting their error before they made it. To top it off, he and Oliver then parody the situation even further, and manage to tie it into the oil spill disaster at that.

* October 18th: Jon's rant about ''Crossfire'' [[the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart- the Monday after his appearance.]]

* April 28th: A foreign policy debate between two very powerful men with deeply opposing viewpoints. ''The Daily Show'' presents: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-28-2003/bush-v--bush President George W. Bush (2002) v. Governor George W. Bush (2000)!]] Ah, flip-flops. Such a boon for comedy.

* October 11th: On his second field piece, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-11-2006/america-s-love-affair-with-war as he charged towards the South side of a Civil War re-enactment,]] John Oliver tripped and broke his nose.

* January 5th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-5-2009/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-strip-maul Jon's take on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip that began in late 2008]], which was refreshing when so many politicians were repeating the mantra that Israel was just defending itself.
* March 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-12-2009/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jim-cramer-extended-interview-pt--1 Jim Cramer gets]] ''owned''. Jon broke CNBC's ''Mad Money'' host in the clearest, most brutal explanation of the financial crisis yet. Comedy Central: The place to go to watch two guys have a serious discussion on finance. And yes, he did not only predict every defense Cramer was going to make, but prepared ''video clips of Cramer himself'' contradicting that position.

** His response to Bill O'Reilly, two days later, saying Jon's going to hell? [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-8-2011/war-on-christmas---bill-o-reilly-fires-back "Your hell doesn't scare me. I make my living watching Fox News eight hours a day. I'm already ''in'' hell!"]]

* November 15th: "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Best of Times." Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg lament the downfall of "traditional America" (as represented by 1950s sitcom ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'') and changing U.S. demographics. Jon points out the hypocrisy of two guys named ''O'Reilly'' and ''Goldberg'' complaining about the downfall of an ethnic establishment. See it [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-15-2012/it-was-the-best-of-times--it-was-the-best-of-times here]].

* December 3rd: Jon debunks the so called "War on Christmas". [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-3-2012/the-war-on-christmas--friendly-fire-edition Right here]]

* May 13th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-13-2013/barack-trek--into-darkness Jon's response to the IRS scandal is somehow even better when you consider how much he used to support Obama before this.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LMDHh3Z3n4 And he didn't stop there, either.]]
* May 15th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-15-2013/the-victorious-gop---everyone-but-rumsfeld---cheney Jon lays the smackdown on Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney]] [[{{Hypocrite}} when they accuse President Obama of being dishonest about Benghazi, twisting the facts to suit his purposes.]]

* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-17-2013/fantastic-mrs--fox June 17th: John Oliver says Sarah Palin is better ignored and we should just stop giving her attention.]]
* June 18th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-18-2013/immigration---the-wwe The WWE enters the immigration debate.]]

* July 15th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-15-2013/acquitted-development John Oliver utterly DESTROYS the jury who gave George Zimmerman a "not guilty" verdict, pointing out how ridiculously out of date and generally stupid Florida's laws are]]. He then goes on to denounce it as the worst state (judicially) in America.
* July 17th: Lewis Black's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-17-2013/back-in-black---new-york-vs--texas "Fuck You Texas"]] commercial.

* September 17th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-17-2013/wrongnado---cnn Jon rips CNN apart for its horrifically haphazard style of newscasting]] that is completely uninformative.

* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-28-2013/site-flub---monkey-court October 28th:]] Jon spontaneously goes into a gospel solo. Twice.

* October 31st: After the media (once again) uses Jon's jokes as "evidence" that whatever he makes fun of is a failure ([[SelectiveObliviousness while blissfully ignoring anything he criticises that they like]]), [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-31-2013/wit-happens he brings out]] the gospel choir for another rendition of "Go fuck yourself".

* November 19: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-19-2013/exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--1 Bill.]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-19-2013/exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--2 freaking.]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-19-2013/exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--3 Cosby.]] That is all.

* December 17th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-17-2013/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-real-hunger-games Jessica Williams strikes again]] at a Forbes columnist that proposes cutting food stamps, effectively proposing the equivalent of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' instead.

* January 15th: Jon's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-15-2014/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-let-s-break-a-deal epic rant]] against Congress's incompetence following the opposition to the Iran nuclear deal and calling out all the politicians who are making Congress into "[[ItMakesSenseInContext the Justin Bieber of our nation"]]- be they on the left or right.

* March 11th: After a discussion with judge Andrew Napolitano about Lincoln's role in ending slavery and his responsibility for the Civil War, they decide to turn the argument into ''The Weakest Lincoln", a game show. And, well... [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-11-2014/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---the-weakest-lincoln just watch it]]

* January 20th: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/news-team/aasif-mandvi/vho4ny/the-zone-rangers Aasif Mandvi meets with Alabamans who voted for an anti-Sharia law amendment]]. Aasif asks if they can name ''any'' aspects of Sharia law, [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch but]] '''''[[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch nobody]]''''' [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch is able to]]. So, Aasif lists some aspects before mentioning those are actually from the Bible. When it's mentioned that the amendment technically prohibit "foreign" laws, Aasif notes that [[ExactWords by definition, that would also include the Bible]]. Cue OhCrap reactions.

* January 25th: For all his constant self-deprecation, Jon manages to do [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-25-2012/exclusive---push-up-contest-to-benefit-wounded-veterans 38 push-ups]] as part of a charity contest for wounded veterans. He still loses, meaning he'll donate about $20,000.
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-31-2012/jonathan-macey January 31st]]: Jon talks to a ''Yale professor'' about the dishonest business practices perpetrated by companies like Bain and actually gets him to admit that the laws surrounding those practices are ridiculously lax.
* February 2nd: Aasif Mandvi's interview with a Florida politician who supported a law requiring urine samples to get government benefits. After he goes on a long diatribe explaining people who receive taxpayer money should be happy to be drug tested, no matter what their hardships, Aasif [[ArmorPiercingQuestion takes him down with one question]]: "So who pays your salary?" The [[OhCrap deer-in-the-headlights]] look on his face as he realizes what's coming is priceless! The [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-2-2012/poor-pee-ple whole piece]] is a beautiful exposing of hypocrisy, but that one moment was almost all that was necessary!

* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-13-2012/the-vagina-ideologues---sean-hannity-s-holy-sausage-fest February 13th]]: Jon takes the argument about "a war of religion" and some pastor on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} failing GodwinsLaw and goes utterly berserk with it. Do not invoke HitlerAteSugar to a liberal Jew unless you want to get spanked on international television.

* March 5th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-5-2012/extremely-loud---incredibly-gross Jon's response to when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut on his radio show, and the resulting media storm.]] Fluke had testified before Congress advocating the expansion of health insurance coverage for female contraception, and various conservative pundits complained about having to pay for women's promiscuous sex. As Jon points out, "this isn't about paying women to have or not have sex. It's an insurance mandate from the government covering contraceptive medication." and "your tax money doesn't pay for it!"

* April 2nd: One sentence from Al Madrigal completely shows the racism and hypocrisy behind Arizona's ban on Mexican-American Studies (that according to "hearsay," teach resentment of white people): [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-2-2012/tucson-s-mexican-american-studies-ban "I'm a black kid. Teach me about slavery without me feeling resentment towards white people."]]

* April 23th has Creator/JohnOliver interviewing Herman Cain. After roasting Cain for most of the show, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-23-2012/inside-the-political-curtain-with-john-oliver---herman-cain Herman Cain does a short speech on an alien invasion.]] Oliver and the audience applaud the speech.
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-1-2012/victory-lapse---the-anniversary-of-osama-bin-laden-s-death May 1st]]: Jon ripping apart the Right for bitching about Obama "spiking the football" by using the fact he killed Osama bin Laden as a campaign commercial by rightfully pointing out the only reasons Republicans were bitching is [[YoureJustJealous because they were not able to run an ad like that themselves.]]
* May 3rd: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-3-2012/free-at-last--free-to-blast Aasif Mandvi strikes again.]] A Missouri state rep proposed a bill to prevent employers from discriminating against gun owners (despite the fact that ''no known cases'' have ever been brought forward ''and'' the protections of the Second Amendment). Mandvi then interviewed the only known gay legislator in the state, who pointed out that the same person rallying against the nonexistent injustices towards the gun owners voted ''against'' making it illegal to fire a person simply due to them being LBGT. He goes back to the legislator and when she starts playing dumb about anti-gay employers, starts reading her a list of real people who have been fired due to being gay, and grilling her to tell him a ''single'' case of a gun owner being fired for his/her decision to be armed as counterpoint.
* June 19th: Jon unleashes [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-19-2012/democalypse-2012---pander-express-edition---obama-s-immigration-reform his inner Columbo.]]

* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-29-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---the-republican-platform August 29th]]: Samantha Bee at the Republican Convention asking delegates what they think of Mitt Romney being against the party's platform against abortion and getting them to use an individual's right to choose as a defense.

* August 30th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-30-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---mitt-romney--a-human-who-built-that "Mitt Romney, A Human Being Who Built That."]] Narrated... by Creator/LeonardNimoy.
* August 31st: In [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/fri-august-31-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---a-fistful-of-awesome these]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/fri-august-31-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---republican-time-travel three]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/fri-august-31-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---invisible-obama clips]], Jon ''NAPALMS'' the RNC for their depiction of Obama. There were no survivors.

* September 19th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-19-2012/chaos-on-bulls--t-mountain Jon scales "Bullshit Mountain" and levels it to the ground.]]

* Nov. 7th: Each segment of "Post Democalypse: America Takes A Shower" as seen [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-7-2012/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower in these clips]].

* September 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-12-2011/coming-soon---the-daily-show-remembers-9-13-2001 The Daily Show remembers 9/13/01]], [[AesopAmnesia the day we forgot the lessons of the day we had sworn we would always remember.]]

** It's in the clip dedicated to how after Nancy Grace spent so much time whining about Chaz, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-27-2011/areola-51 she ended up showing a full boob on the show.]]

* October 17th: Jon ''[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-17-2011/indecision-2012--hardcore-sects-edition---mormonism owns]]'' the religious debate of the GOP, not only calling the Perrys on their "religious persecution", but also pointing out the hypocrisy of a party centered on wealth claiming to also uphold the ideals of Jesus, ''while quoting the New Testament at them.'' Keep in mind that Jon is ''Jewish.''
* October 26th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-26-2011/weathering-fights---science---what-s-it-up-to- Aasif Mandvi vs. a Republican strategist on climate change.]] The entire time he is clearly being sarcastic, but she doesn't seem to understand this, and keeps pushing the idea that science is a conspiracy because the only people who are qualified to determine if science is accurate are other scientists.

* December 5th: Herman Cain announces his campaign ending, which results in a montage of [[BigNo "Big No's"]] from ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', ''Film/SteelMagnolias'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KyBdPeKHg Tough Guys Don't Dance]]'', and ''Film/TheRoom''. He fixes it by saying [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-5-2011/indecision-2012---the-sh-t-s-gettin--real the nine greatest words ever to be spoken by a politician]]..."[[spoiler: I believe these words came from the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movie.]]" Jon Stewart then proves that he and his crew are [[OneOfUs complete and utter nerds]] by spouting numerous references to the [[{{Anime/Pokemon 2000}} movie in question]] and the franchise.

* December 13th: Jon's [[TranquilFury barely contained rage]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-13-2011/kabulvision at the controversy]] surrounding ''AllAmericanMuslim''. Specifically, the Florida Family Association (or "[[ItMakesSenseInContext FAAAH-fafafafaaa]]") complained that it ''didn't'' show Muslims as terrorists because "it's inaccurate".

* January 5th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-5-2012/the-elephant-in-the-room Jason Jones finds a Muslim Republican is not allowed into the official party]]. And one of the men who made pamphlets against him was the head of the local ''Americans Against Hate'' organization!

** John Oliver explains [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-5-2012/commission--impossible---consumer-financial-protection-bureau-chief-appointment why the American political system doesn't work]].

* January 17th: Jon and Stephen ''[[LoopholeAbuse do not]] [[ExactWords coordinate]]'' on the Super-PAC (aka coordinate in a mildly weird but still usable way) [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-17-2012/colbert-super-pac---not-coordinating-with-stephen-colbert to demonstrate how easy it is for candidates]] with lawyer Trevor Potter advising over the phone.

** Jon and Stephen's faces during the whole routine where the discuss the ad space they've bought so far and how they've used it.

* January 18th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-18-2012/ko-computer Jon Stewart speaking out against the absurdity of SOPA]] and how practically none of the congressmen understand how the internet really works. Made even more awesome by the fact that Viacom, Comedy Central's parent company, supports SOPA. He even compared Viacom to [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]]. That took balls.

* September 16th: Jon's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/bill-clinton-pt-1 interview]] with UsefulNotes/BillClinton is a rare example where the awesome moment goes to the interviewee. Clinton does most of the talking in the interview, but he's not trying to talk over Jon, and Jon in fact ''defers'' to him most of the time. Why? Because unlike, say, Betsy [=McCaughey=], Clinton backs up all his claims with concrete facts and numbers, outlines and reiterates his points in an intelligent manner, and demonstrates repeatedly that ''he knows what the hell he's talking about''. The [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/exclusive---bill-clinton-extended-interview-pt--1 extended interview]] is even better, because he outlines a plan for bringing the country out of the recession in a way that makes sense and doesn't rely on vagueness. Not only that, but the reason he came on the show in the first place was to promote Clinton's Global Initiative, an annual conference whose sole requirement for getting invited back is to ''actually go out and do something'' between meetings. If it wasn't for the sex scandal, people might have paid a bit more attention to what he was saying back when he was President.

* December 13th: Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-13-2010/lame-as-f--k-congress declares the Republicans' "monopoly" on 9/11 to be over]], then shows a montage of Republican senators praising the heroism of the 9/11 first responders interspersed with clips of them [[{{Hypocrite}} refusing to provide them funding for healthcare]] [[SoundtrackDissonance while Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" plays in the background]].

* January 10th: Jon's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-10-2011/arizona-shootings-reaction reaction to the Arizona shootings]] was [[TearJerker tear-jerkingly]] awesome, and probably the most level-headed thing to come out of the tragedy.
* January 13th: ...And [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-13-2011/veiled-criticism his chewing out the people]] commenting on the mourning service as if it was some sort of performance, such as calling the Native American who gave a blessing and prayer in the ceremony for being "weird", along with the students whooping in the middle of Obama's speech as if it was a rally.

* January 20th: After the shootings in Arizona, a new call spread across the nation for people in public forums to abandon poisonous language, senseless hyperbole and constant Nazi comparisons. Representative Steve Cohen was among those who embraced this call to reasonableness...and then a week later started comparing Republicans to Nazis. Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-20-2011/word-warcraft immediately called him out on this]]. Of course, the people on Fox News were all to happy to jump on the bandwagon for slamming Cohen for his lapse...
* January 24th: But when Megyn Kelly tried to get away with claiming that ''no one on the network uses Nazi comparisons'', Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-24-2011/24-hour-nazi-party-people sprang into action.]] [[ShownTheirWork He then proceeded to show four specific examples of Nazi comparisons in connection to the network.]] One of a comparison made within ''hours'' of Ms. Kelly's accusation [[GlennBeck (made by everyone's favorite saurkraut himself, no less)]], one with Bill O'Reilly making the exact same comparison as Rep. Cohen, an exerpt from a newspaper article of RogerAiles (the guy in charge of Fox News) explicitly comparing Democrats to Nazis, and, most ''damning'' of all, one of a comparison made 10 months prior to Ms. Kelly's accusation...MADE IN FRONT OF HER FACE! So, case rested, sealed and closed. Right?...
* January 27th: ''' WRONG!!''' Now, cue Bill O'Reilly trying to defend his above example by claiming that his (Bill's that is) use of the Nazi analogy was justified and that Jon had taken it out of context. When presented, said context does not actually justify O'Reilly's use of the Nazi analogy and still does nothing the refute Jon's actual argument. Naturally, Jon's answer was [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-27-2011/bill-o-reilly-defends-his-nazi-analogies devastatingly concise and to the point.]]

* May 2nd: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/cz975a/big-deady Each]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1afdnp/to-kill-a-mockingturd segment]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/5u1wq3/to-kill-a-mockingturd---reaction-to-bin-laden-s-death on]] Osama Bin Laden's death, with Jon declaring that [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore Al Qaeda can't intimidate America anymore]], not that they can last much longer anyway.

* May 5th: John Oliver was interviewing a pastor and directly set him up to say that an imam would never let Christians worship in a mosque, before [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-5-2011/big-mohammed-s-house cutting away to a clip]] of an imam letting Christians worship in a mosque and Oliver popping in the clip to directly insult said pastor. The clip was prerecorded, too.
* May 11th: Jon tore Fox News apart for their attempt to drum up a controversy about rapper Common appearing at a White House poetry reading. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-11-2011/tone-def-poetry-jam Here]], he shows a clip of the Creator/{{FoxNews|Channel}}.com team interviewing him just a few months ago and praising his work and then goes off on them for basing their argument against him on one poem he wrote that appears to paint himself as a ScaryBlackMan but if they'd actually read the entire thing, they'd have seen that at the conclusion, he actually doesn't want to be that guy and wants to bring peace and prosperity to the community. And then [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-11-2011/tone-def-poetry-jam---lyrics-controversy here]], Jon shows clips of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush giving a National Arts & Humanites Award to Music/JohnnyCash, even though Cash has several songs containing explicit violence, eviscerates Sean Hannity for being offended at Common's poem but defending Music/TedNugent after Nugent was shown calling for violence against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton [[note]](specifically, saying the following while holding a pair of machine guns: "Obama, he’s a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.")[[/note]] during a concert in 2007 and finishes it off with his own [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy spoken word piece]], taking to task a bunch of Fox contributors and their constant obsession with trashing anything involved with the President and capping it by saying they blow.
** Weirder still is the fact that not long after this, on May 16th, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-16-2011/the-not-running-man Mike Huckabee had Ted Nugent on as a guest,]] almost seeming like a subtle and passive-aggressive TakeThat against Jon's point. When Jon said "Oh, well maybe they'll be having a discussion on violence in music" and called it "a teachable moment". Upon finding out that they instead opted to have Huckabee play ''Cat Scratch Fever'' with Nugent, including lyrics like "I make the pussy purr with a touch of my hand, they know they're getting it from me.", Jon then mentioned that the subtitler must have been wondering if this was the same network that made a big deal over Common.
* June 1st: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-1-2011/me-lover-s-pizza-with-crazy-broad Jon schools Donald Trump]] on the finer points of pizza-eating in NYC.
* June 7th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-7-2011/jon-stewart-press-conference Jon breaks a glass and cuts his hand]], then continues the show for the entire sketch, noticeably bleeding.

* June 20th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-20-2011/fox-news-channel---fair---balanced Jon Stewart manages to get Chris Wallace to admit on-camera that Fox News is neither Fair nor Balanced.]] That sound? That's the sound of pigs flapping their wings.

** But always one to be fair and balanced, he wonders if politifact.com has ever fact checked on Fox, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-21-2011/fox-news-false-statements then took this chance to show just a number of facts that Fox News have gotten wrong]], in a massive moment of CriticalResearchFailure and BlatantLies. Starting with the site giving the statements that ''"Health Care Reform is a government take on Health Care"'' and ''"Health Care Bill includes death panels"'' the 2010 and 2009 '''lie of the year award''' respectively, to giving the ''"Pants On Fire"'' rating to the statements that ''"Halting Gulf Drilling cost 8 billion a day in imports"'' and ''"Nobody on Fox News ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health care insurance"'' and ending there being so many examples there was ''literally'' no more room on the screen.
* June 27th: Jon rips a new one on Chris Wallace when he tries to work around his own admission about Fox News being neither fair nor balanced, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-27-2011/oh--for-fox-sake and take the opportunity to decry the Right-Wing Media rhetoric]]:

* July 27th: After the Norway terrorist attacks, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/fn0e5j/in-the-name-of-the-fodder Jon blasts Fox News]] [[DoubleStandard for downplaying/dismissing the religious motivations of Christian extremists while emphasizing similar motivations of Muslim extremists]].
* August 1st: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/x48npx/dealageddon----a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-compromise---tea-party-no-win Jon calls out the Tea Party for somehow being unsatisfied with the deal reached on the debt ceiling]], [[UngratefulBastard despite having had nearly all of their demands met.]]

** Later in that same show, he [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-1-2011/jon-thanks-the-troops-in-kandahar thanked the troops that he met while touring with the USO in Kandahar,]] capping it off with a letter from a member of the 655th TC, specifically:

* August 8th: John Oliver gets to have an interview with a young couple, a rookie lawyer, a moving truck, and a sheriff to foreclose ''Bank of America [[OnlyInFlorida in Florida]]''. He then [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-8-2011/the-forecloser tells the tale to other people.]]

* August 15th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/ali-velshi Ali Velshi]] comes in and dissects the financial crisis calmly and rationally and offers the explanation that at the root of the problem is not any one policy, but an ingrained opinion that government is bad and cannot be trusted. A very sobering interview.

* September 22nd: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/k4iihn/back-in-black---threats-to-america-s-children Lewis Black rips]] into the hypocrisy of the complaints about Chaz Bono joining Dancing with the Stars by pointing out how no one complained about all the dancing convicted criminals and other sleeze that has appeared on the show.

* May 2nd: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/cz975a/big-deady Each]] [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1afdnp/to-kill-a-mockingturd segment]] [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/5u1wq3/to-kill-a-mockingturd---reaction-to-bin-laden-s-death on]] Osama Bin Laden's death, with Jon declaring that [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore Al Qaeda can't intimidate America anymore]], not that they can last much longer anyway.

* July 27th: After the Norway terrorist attacks, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/fn0e5j/in-the-name-of-the-fodder Jon blasts Fox News]] [[DoubleStandard for downplaying/dismissing the religious motivations of Christian extremists while emphasizing similar motivations of Muslim extremists]].
* August 1st: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/x48npx/dealageddon----a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-compromise---tea-party-no-win Jon calls out the Tea Party for somehow being unsatisfied with the deal reached on the debt ceiling]], [[UngratefulBastard despite having had nearly all of their demands met.]]

* September 22nd: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/k4iihn/back-in-black---threats-to-america-s-children Lewis Black rips]] into the hypocrisy of the complaints about Chaz Bono joining Dancing with the Stars by pointing out how no one complained about all the dancing convicted criminals and other sleeze that has appeared on the show.

* December 17th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-17-2013/the-real-hunger-games Jessica Williams strikes again]] at a Forbes columnist that proposes cutting food stamps, effectively proposing the equivalent of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' instead.

* January 15th: Jon's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-15-2014/let-s-break-a-deal epic rant]] against Congress's incompetence following the opposition to the Iran nuclear deal and calling out all the politicians who are making Congress into "[[ItMakesSenseInContext the Justin Bieber of our nation"]]- be they on the left or right.

* January 27th: When Sean Hannity says he's going to leave New York because the governor said ultra conservatives aren't welcome in New York, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/sixd7e/sean-of-the-fled---stay-mr--hannity--stay Jon offered]] to carry him out. Then, when he said he wanted to go to Texas, Jon showed footage of Rick Perry [[DoubleStandard saying if gays/lesbians don't like Texas' marriage laws they can leave.]] Then, when Hannity fessed up that taxes were the reason he was leaving, Jon decided someone as wealthy as Hannity must stay. So he shows a video of dozens of New Yorkers saying they'll change to fit Hannity's ideals, including Tim Gunn, Nathan Lane and [[UpToEleven the entire cast]] of ''Theatre/JerseyBoys''. Finally, Nathan Lane ends the video by saying they actually don't care what the fuck Hannity does.

* March 11th: After a discussion with judge Andrew Napolitano about Lincoln's role in ending slavery and his responsibility for the Civil War, they decide to turn the argument into ''The Weakest Lincoln", a game show. And, well... [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-11-2014/exclusive---the-weakest-lincoln just watch it]]

* May 12th: Jon lambasted [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ct5t4m/the-punching-of-abubakar-shekau the extremist Islam group Boko Haram for kidnapping girls going to school in Nigeria.]] After seeing their leader Abubukar Shekau gloating over his crimes, Jon suggested a title for the next ''Film/IronMan'' movie: ''Iron Man 4: The Punching of Abubukar Shekau''. He then declared that, for all Boko Haram's macho posturing, they've only proven that the students were the real badasses:

* July 21st: Jon played a number of clips [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/xne6vj/cover-up-in-the-air---what-would-reagan-do- of conservative commentators (and politicians) deriding Obama for not responding]] fast or harshly enough to the missile strike against the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. Most of them compared it to RonaldReagan's "immediately flying back to the White House and cutting his vacation short" in 1983 after the Soviet Union shot down a Korean passenger plane (carrying 53 US citizens including a sitting Congressman). However, a clip then airs of Chris Wallace, host of "Fox News Sunday", mentioning that he'd been actively covering Reagan at the time, noting that he was "very reluctant" to cut his vacation short, doing so only after 4 days of persuasion from his advisors. Then, Jon reads from ''[[Literature/TheReaganDiaries Reagan's own diary]]'' about the incident - "It was heartbreaking - [[SkewedPriorities I was really looking forward to those last 3 days]]".

* September 22nd: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/8q3nmm/burn-noticed Jon takes down the heads of the House Committee of Science and Technology]] over being willfully ignorant about climate change, [[PhlebotinumAnalogy using a cup of water and ice to explain why it's dangerous]].
* September 25th: Jon [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/b7hxzd/the-way-we-war succinctly sums up his feelings]] about Fox's faux-outrage to Obama trying to salute with a coffee cup in his hands.

* October 29th: Shortly after Koch Industries starts advertising on the show, Jon strikes back with a new version of their ad that has [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/avy6xw/democalypse-2014---south-by-south-mess--ad-of-brothers a more truthful voiceover]]. BitingTheHandHumor at its best.

* November 17th: Jessica Williams covers [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/qs7t3u/water-hoarding the city of Detroit shutting off water for residents who hadn't paid their water bills]]... while the city simultaneously did nothing to large businesses that (collectively) owed the same amount as all those residents did.

* December 3rd: After the Eric Garner case (tl;dr black guy in NYC died from chokehold/headlock from police, shit hit the proverbial fan), where the cop responsible was let free with no charges, just a little bit after a grand jury also let Darren Wilson (tl;dr cop in Ferguson, MO shot black guy who was either running away at full speed, on his knees begging for his life or assaulting said cop [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on who you ask]]), go free without any charges, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/a9bg2k/the-eric-garner-grand-jury-decision Jon is so upset and frustrated by the case]].

* January 7th: Aasif Mandvi manages to comment on the Charlie Hebdo massacre by finding and reporting on a story about [[HitlerAteSugar Nazi cows]] and [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/sb8kv7/inglourious-burgers actually manages to make it funny]].

* May 28th: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/l7uzqg/democalypse-2016---bernie-sanders-kicks-off-his-presidential-campaign Jon defending Bernie Sanders announcing his candidacy for the U.S. President election]] in spite of the dismissive publicity afforded to him by much of the mainstream media. He compares Bernie's honesty to the vapid publicity that the media affords to extreme right-wing nominees running for office and Hilary Clinton having media consultants inform her on how to appeal to voter demographics through superficial posturing instead of presenting thoughts on how to resolve major national issues.

* June 18th: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/kb2h42/charleston-church-shooting In the aftermath of the Charleston Church Massacre, Jon blasted the hypocrisy over the government and media's treatment over the whole issue.]] All while trying to contain the anger that was boiling inside of him.

* June 16th: [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xrdazj/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-a-relatively-closer-look---hitler-reference A look back at the Hitler reference.]] Stewart no likee.

* August 18th: During the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/g5wt5x/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-withdrawal-method Rob Corddry speculates on why God gave his most devout worshipers a rather unattractive area of land.]]

* December 7th: [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xfmlfj/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-headlines---secular-central Jon and Samantha Bee calling Bill O'Reilly on presenting year old footage of a joke as a recent attack on Christmas.]] With [[spoiler: a '''very''' pregnant Samantha Bee, who was noticeably slimmer the year before]].

* September 11th: [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/yuy2eb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-america-s-love-affair-with-war Jon tears apart David Petraeus' Senate testimony on Iraq.]]

* February 7th: Utterly castigating Mitt Romney for [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/pvmbdv/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mitt-drops-out his reasoning for dropping out of the 2008 Presidential candidacy.]] In short, [[{{Realpolitik}} his candidacy will divide the party, thus allowing a Democrat to get swept into the White House]]... [[InsaneTrollLogic which is, by his definition, submission to terrorism]]. Jon was not pleased:

* September 5th: [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/pa1z54/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-best-f--king-news-team-ever---small-town-values The "Small Town Values" report]], in which The Daily Show's correspondents ask the RNC attendees what "small town values" really are. First we get John Oliver asking the question:

* December 9th: In terms of interview pwnage, [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/p8lehb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mike-huckabee-pt--2 this]] discussion with Mike Huckabee over gay marriage certainly qualifies.

* June 18th: For an MOA of a completely different kind, [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/dlso87/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---mike-huckabee-extended-interview-pt--1 this interview]] with Mike Huckabee over the subject of abortion in which Jon shows his true mastery of public discourse in a deep and extensive, yet respectful discussion with the former governor on the views of pro-life vs pro-choice. To put this in perspective, after crushing Crossfire with its shallow attempts to make discussion and debate into nothing more than cheap entertainment, Jon Stewart turns right around and shows those chumps how it's done.

* August 20th: Betsy [=McCaughey=], a think tank spokesperson who was against various provisions in the proposed health care reform bill, the interview being [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b52wbd/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-betsy-mccaughey-pt--1 here.]] At the beginning of the interview, she walks out onstage with a binder holding half the proposed bill in untranslated legalese, and states that it says doctors must provide mandatory end-of-life care (i.e. providing counsel designed to eschew health care in favor of dying peacefully). She even comes equipped with the page numbers that the language is on. Jon ''immediately'' rips into her, saying that the word "mandatory" isn't in the bill at all, stating that it doesn't require doctors to force people into choosing end-of-life care over preventative measures, and then demanding that she look up the language in the bill. It takes a commercial break for her to find it, and then he immediately rips apart her interpretation as ill-advised and just plain wrong. It's definitely worth seeing just for the embarrassment she is forced to suffer through as she's thoroughly denounced ''by a comedian''.

** Even better in the [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/pysl6s/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---betsy-mccaughey-extended-interview-pt--1 extended version]]:

*** He was on something of a roll. [[http://http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xqdas2/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---bill-kristol-extended-interview Around a month before that]] he got conservative commentator Bill Kristol to say the average American citizen doesn't deserve the best possible health care the country is capable of providing, because that's provided to soldiers by the government and he's against government-run health care.
* October 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-12-2009/cnn-leaves-it-there CNN was defeated again when Jon raked them over the coals for fact checking an SNL sketch while failing to fact check other stories.]] As an example, in one of the stories, interviewee Tony Perkins of the [[MoralGuardians Family Research Council]] overestimated the population of America by almost 23 million and CNN let that go unchallenged despite being, as Jon put it, "Off by a factor of [[ShinyNewAustralia Australia]]."
* October 29th: Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-29-2009/for-fox-sake- lays the smackdown]] on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} like never before, utterly crushing every argument the network has ever attempted to use to justify its slogan of "Fair and Balanced."
* November 5th: Jon deconstructs political pundit [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project Glenn Beck]] in Beck's own unique style.
* November 10th: The time where Sean Hannity "[[BlatantLies messed up]]" on his show and spliced footage from Glenn Beck's protest rally in with another protest and [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-10-2009/sean-hannity-uses-glenn-beck-s-protest-footage Jon called him out on it.]]
* November 12th: ''The Daily Show'' proceeded to [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-12-2009/sean-hannity-apologizes-to-jon have even more fun at Hannity's expense]] when they announced they had made an error and that "Jon Stewart was right." It's almost like Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} is intentionally messing up...
* November 19th: Jon calls upon "[[MickFoley Senior Asskicker]]" [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-19-2009/gaywatch---peter-vadala---william-phillips Mick Foley]] to act as the personal bodyguard of a young boy who refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in support of gay rights.

* December 8: Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-8-2009/gretchen-carlson-dumbs-down calls out not only Fox News]] for making up numbers in a poll which added up to ''120%''...

* January 14th: The time that, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-14-2010/haiti-earthquake-reactions right after the Haiti Earthquake]], when Jon called out Radio/RushLimbaugh, Pat Robertson, and Rachel Maddow for their total insensitivity and heartlessness in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. He even responded [[TheFundamentalist to Robertson]] by ''[[AsTheGoodBookSays quoting the Bible at him]]''.

* January 21st: Jon deconstructs political pundit [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-21-2010/special-comment---keith-olbermann-s-name-calling Keith Olbermann]] in Olbermann's own unique style. The "#1" segment on the following episode of ''CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' had Olbermann replaying the entire segment from the show...and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZylQXm-vis apologizing.]]''

* March 18th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian Jon utterly]] ''eviscerating'' GlennBeck over a course of sixteen minutes. "Burn" isn't the correct term. "[[NoKillLikeOverkill Flamethrowered then napalmed]]" is. Also see below.
* March 29th: Wyatt Cenac's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-29-2010/health-care-slime-machine take]] on Right Wing violence as a reaction to the Health Care Vote. "Bring it on, we've got guns too." going further to say that if a vote that you disapprove of entitles you to use violence, then what is he entitled to do in response to your violence?
* April 20th: You know you're creative when you manage to not only communicate a thorough rebuttal leading to a reiteration of "Go fuck yourself"...but you do it in ''[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-20-2010/bernie-goldberg-fires-back gospel choir.]]''

** April 22th: Two days later, Jon (after some hesitation due to using it against respectable groups like Creator/FoxNewsChannel) fires the same thing at revolutionmuslim.com [[BerserkButton for their veiled death threats against]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' while hiding behind the same rights they were trying to deprive South Park of. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-22-2010/south-park-death-threats View the awesome-ness here.]]
* May 12th: Creator/LewisBlack's finest moment on the show: "[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black---glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s Glenn Beck has Nazi Tourettes!]]"
* June 9th: Tying into the long-running narrative against the idiocy the national media can display, we get [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-9-2010/press-you-re-stuck this lambasting.]] Instead of confronting the serious issues ("What's the line between opinion, and opinion journalism? When does America's unwavering defense of Israel begin to compromise our unwavering defense of free speech? Does our media demonstrate a casual bias against the Arab world and the suffering of Palestinians? These are the hard questions reporters must be asking themselves in the wake of Thomas' departure."), cue numerous clips of news organizations talking [[IgnoredEpiphany not about those questions]]...[[WorstNewsJudgmentEver but who gets Helen Thomas' seat in the front row]].

* June 15th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah The whole episode]], wherein Jon [[http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/#clip314037 takes President Obama to task]] regarding how he promised to end the Bush administration's treatment of detaining terrorists without trial as well as putting a stop to Extraordinary Rendition, only to take both of those things even ''further'' than Bush did. He ends by making a comparison to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that Obama has essentially become like Frodo did once he reached Mount Doom (especially hilarious since Colbert is usually the one who makes such comparisons).
* July 7th: When the babbling freakshow that is ''Fox and Friends'' decided to take shots at President Obama for once again reaching out to the Muslim world, and others at Fox News decided to pile on to the anti-Muslim sentiment, Jon once again took them to task for their rampant hypocrisy, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-7-2010/wish-you-weren-t-here and once again, t'was awesome.]]
* July 28th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-28-2010/gay-reichs Jason Jones questioning a homophobe's sexuality]] after the latter argued the Nazis persecuted the gays to hide their sexuality. Also, listing all the countries who allow gays in the military, which is ''a lot''.

* July 26th: Upon hearing of Shirley Sherrod's firing, Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-26-2010/lost-in-race utterly lambasted]] all those involved, taking viewers mistep by mistep through the scandal. This is one of his most thorough jobs in recent memory. He nails the administration for watching only a contextless edited clip of Sherrod's supposedly incriminating speech and attempting to avoid admitting real fault by admitting only to bad methods of firing her, rather than bad actions in firing her at all. Then he nails the NAACP for claiming to have been "snookered" into believing Sherrod racist, though it was they who neglected to watch the full interview, and to realize that the edited clip had been made by a self-proclaimed hater of the institutional left, and thus might be a trap. Finally he skewers an Obama rep for, instead of apologizing and moving on, attempting to bookend his fleeting apology with a reprimand to...well, pretty much the rest of the world, for not spotting their error before they made it. To top it off, he and Oliver then parody the situation even further, and manage to tie it into the oil spill disaster at that.
* August 4th: The GOP's inexplicable refusal to pass the Zadroga Bill (a.k.a., the 9/11 First Responders' Bill, which would grant those people health benefits as it pertained to diseases they contracted due to inhaling debris when the Twin Towers were destroyed), as well as the Democrats' inane and ultimately shallow reason to make it so that only a 2/3 Senate majority could pass the bill, was a story that fell under the rubric of the show's latest segment: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-4-2010/i-give-up---9-11-responders-bill I GIVE UP]].
* August 19th: After Fox News reporters play a shaky "guilt by association" game against the Imam in charge of the Ground Zero Mosque, Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-19-2010/extremist-makeover---homeland-edition does the same with Rupert Murdoch]]. He then plays an 11-year-old clip of Charlton Heston perfectly summing up the situation, follows up with a clip of the show from that time of himself objecting to it, and coming back to say that he was ''wrong'' back then.
* August 23th: Then, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-23-2010/the-parent-company-trap the following week]], Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} inexplicably did the same thing, this time connecting the Imam to "terror sympathizer" Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, ''the same Saudi Prince that Jon had connected to Rupert Murdoch'', and who owns 7% of Fox News' parent corporation! Jon, Wyatt Cenac, and John Oliver had a field day.

!!The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

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* September 20th: Jon's [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-20-2001/september-11--2001 speech about 9/11]] definitely qualifies, along with being a HeartwarmingMoment as Stewart visibly holds back tears and talks about the strengths of America. (''WARNING: If you're not planning on [[TearJerker bawling your eyes out]], this is '''not''' the link to click.'')

* October 18th: Jon's rant about ''Crossfire'' [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-18-2004/your-show-blows the Monday after his appearance.]]

* June 16th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-16-2005/a-relatively-closer-look---hitler-reference A look back at the Hitler reference.]] Stewart no likee.

* August 18th: During the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-18-2005/withdrawal-method Rob Corddry speculates on why God gave his most devout worshipers a rather unattractive area of land.]]

* December 7th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2005/headlines---secular-central Jon and Samantha Bee calling Bill O'Reilly on presenting year old footage of a joke as a recent attack on Christmas.]] With [[spoiler: a '''very''' pregnant Samantha Bee, who was noticeably slimmer the year before]].

* September 11th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-11-2007/iraq-me-dave-petraeus Jon tears apart David Petraeus' Senate testimony on Iraq.]]

* February 7th: Utterly castigating Mitt Romney for [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-7-2008/mitt-drops-out his reasoning for dropping out of the 2008 Presidential candidacy.]] In short, [[{{Realpolitik}} his candidacy will divide the party, thus allowing a Democrat to get swept into the White House]]... [[InsaneTrollLogic which is, by his definition, submission to terrorism]]. Jon was not pleased:

* September 5th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/fri-september-5-2008/the-best-f--king-news-team-ever---small-town-values The "Small Town Values" report]], in which The Daily Show's correspondents ask the RNC attendees what "small town values" really are. First we get John Oliver asking the question:

** After several people continued on the small town vs big city mentality with some people saying that Ground Zero happened to be godless and New York City is elitist, Jon decided to add to his previous quote regarding Palin

* December 9th: In terms of interview pwnage, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-9-2008/mike-huckabee-pt--2 this]] discussion with Mike Huckabee over gay marriage certainly qualifies.

* January 5th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-5-2009/strip-maul Jon's take on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip that began in late 2008]], which was refreshing when so many politicians were repeating the mantra that Israel was just defending itself.
* March 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-12-2009/jim-cramer-extended-interview-pt--1 Jim Cramer gets]] ''owned''. Jon broke CNBC's ''Mad Money'' host in the clearest, most brutal explanation of the financial crisis yet. Comedy Central: The place to go to watch two guys have a serious discussion on finance. And yes, he did not only predict every defense Cramer was going to make, but prepared ''video clips of Cramer himself'' contradicting that position.

** This, of course, came after Jon spent a good chunk on an episode the week before [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/uc9y5b/cnbc-financial-advice eviscerating]] [=CNBC=]'s financial coverage because Rick Santelli (who could be pinged as one of the sources for the Tea Party movement, as he led other stockbrokers in protest of the fact that federal money was going to bail out mortgages on the floor of the Stock Market in a segment for CNBC) dropped out of an interview.

* June 18th: For an MOA of a completely different kind, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-18-2009/mike-huckabee-extended-interview-pt--1 this interview]] with Mike Huckabee over the subject of abortion in which Jon shows his true mastery of public discourse in a deep and extensive, yet respectful discussion with the former governor on the views of pro-life vs pro-choice. To put this in perspective, after crushing Crossfire with its shallow attempts to make discussion and debate into nothing more than cheap entertainment, Jon Stewart turns right around and shows those chumps how it's done.

* August 20th: Betsy [=McCaughey=], a think tank spokesperson who was against various provisions in the proposed health care reform bill, the interview being [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/betsy-mccaughey-pt--1 here.]] At the beginning of the interview, she walks out onstage with a binder holding half the proposed bill in untranslated legalese, and states that it says doctors must provide mandatory end-of-life care (i.e. providing counsel designed to eschew health care in favor of dying peacefully). She even comes equipped with the page numbers that the language is on. Jon ''immediately'' rips into her, saying that the word "mandatory" isn't in the bill at all, stating that it doesn't require doctors to force people into choosing end-of-life care over preventative measures, and then demanding that she look up the language in the bill. It takes a commercial break for her to find it, and then he immediately rips apart her interpretation as ill-advised and just plain wrong. It's definitely worth seeing just for the embarrassment she is forced to suffer through as she's thoroughly denounced ''by a comedian''.

** Even better in the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/exclusive---betsy-mccaughey-extended-interview-pt--1 extended version]]:

*** He was on something of a roll. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-27-2009/bill-kristol-extended-interview Around a month before that]] he got conservative commentator Bill Kristol to say the average American citizen doesn't deserve the best possible health care the country is capable of providing, because that's provided to soldiers by the government and he's against government-run health care.

* October 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-12-2009/cnn-leaves-it-there CNN was recently defeated again when Jon raked them over the coals for fact checking an SNL sketch while failing to fact check other stories.]] As an example, in one of the stories, interviewee Tony Perkins of the [[MoralGuardians Family Research Council]] overestimated the population of America by almost 23 million and CNN let that go unchallenged despite being, as Jon put it, "Off by a factor of [[ShinyNewAustralia Australia]]."

* January 7th: Aasif Mandvi manages to comment on the recent Charlie Hebdo massacre by finding and reporting on a story about [[HitlerAteSugar Nazi cows]] and [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/sb8kv7/inglourious-burgers actually manages to make it funny]].

* December 3rd: After the Eric Garner case (tl;dr black guy in NYC died from chokehold/headlock from police, shit hit the proverbial fan), where the cop responsible was let free with no charges, just a little bit after a grand jury also let Darren Wilson (tl;dr cop in Ferguson, MO shot black guy who was either running away at full speed, on his knees begging for his life or assaulting said cop [[DependingOnTheWriters depending on who you ask]]), go free without any charges, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/a9bg2k/the-eric-garner-grand-jury-decision Jon is so upset and frustrated by the case]].

* July 27th: [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/fn0e5j/in-the-name-of-the-fodder Jon blasts Fox News]] [[DoubleStandard for downplaying the religious motivations of Christian extremists while emphasizing similar motivations of Muslim extremists]].

* September 12th: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-12-2011/coming-soon---the-daily-show-remembers-9-13-2001 The Daily Show remembers 9/13/01, the day we forgot the lessons of the day we had sworn we would always remember.]]

* January 17th: Jon and Stephen ''do not coordinate'' on the Super-PAC (aka coordinate in a mildly weird but still usable way) [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-17-2012/colbert-super-pac---not-coordinating-with-stephen-colbert to demonstrate how easy it is for candidates]] with lawyer Trevor Potter advising over the phone.

* April 1st: John Oliver calls out a pro-gun activist who's more interested in protecting guns from people than vice-versa.

** Jon returns to Bullshit Mountain, comparing the Republican party to Navin Johnson from ''Film/TheJerk'' in how they claim they don't need any federal government except for the few things they themselves want - especially on-the-nose as this was day 2 into the shutdown, and they were trying to pass piecemeal funding bills to alleviate political pressure.

* January 9th: The Slumdogs vs. Millionaires segment, where John takes on the Rights views on "Government Handouts" and the "Entitlement Nation". After pointing out that no matter what is done, the Right will have an issue with it (ie. Raise minimum wage to make unemployment less desirable, no because someone out of high school doesn't deserve $15 an hour or "there's welfare fraud so get rid of it all", but with fraud on Wall Street you can't punish the whole system) Jon finally summarizes the whole argument:

* January 27th: When Sean Hannity says he's going to leave New York because the governor said ultra conservatives aren't welcome in New York, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/sixd7e/sean-of-the-fled---stay-mr--hannity--stay Jon offered]] to carry him out. Then, when he said he wanted to go to Texas, Jon showed footage of Rick Perry [[DoubleStandard saying if gays/lesbians don't like Texas' marriage laws they can leave.]] Then, when Hannity fessed up that taxes were the reason he was leaving, Jon decided someone as wealthy as Hannity must stay. So he shows a video of dozens of New Yorkers saying they'll change to fit Hannity's ideals, including Tim Gunn, Nathan Lane and [[UpToEleven the entire cast of Jersey Boys.]] Finally, Nathan Lane ends the video by saying they actually don't care what the fuck Hannity does.

** Jon's takedown of NY Congressman Michael Grimm, who was caught threatening a NY1 reporter [[IsThisThingStillOn while the cameras were still rolling]].

** Jon criticizes Republicans for their serious cognitive dissonance in calling Obama an ineffectual, spineless leader ''and'' a tyrannical dictator [[DracoInLeatherPants all while praising Vladimir Putin]], who actually exhibits dictatorial characteristics.

* April 28th: Larry Wilmore takes down Cliven Bundy's claim that African-Americans were better off under slavery.

-->'''Jon:''' So, if I may say, your hypocritical outrage and sanctimony aside, the reason it's hard for everybody to get outraged by this terribly tragic and ultimately preventable disaster that was Benghazi is that [[CryingWolf everybody in this country has seen this movie before.]] [[TheWarOnTerror Only that movie was on in IMAX.]]

* March 3rd: Jon's takedown of Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, chewing out both John Boehner for blatantly disrespecting President Obama by inviting Netanyahu without informing him, and Netanyahu [[CryingWolf for using the same fearmongering about a nuclear Iran for the past 19 years]], [[ThisIsGoingToBeHuge one instance which helped sell the War in Iraq]].

* August 6th: Jon's final show. The correspondents from over the years came BackForTheFinale. '''ALL OF THEM!!!'''
** Jon narrates what it was like to work at the show all this time...in a homage to ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. Right down to using a tracking shot to move throughout the studio and shine the spotlight on all of the people who have worked behind-the-scenes.

** Watch Cramer's face when Jon calls for Two-Twelve. You can ''see the precise moment'' where Cramer realizes that Daddy Jon is home, and he is about to administer a ''spanking.''

* March 6th: Jon criticizes AIPAC [[WithUsOrAgainstUs for accepting nothing less than lockstep support of Israel by American politicians]], [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond to the point that]] ''[[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond saying nothing]]'' [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond about Israel is treated as being anti-Israeli]], even though most leaders' opinions can get summarized as either [[NoExceptYes "I unequivocally support them, and might bomb Iran!" or "I unequivocally support them, and will definitely bomb Iran!"]].

* March 6th: Jon criticizes AIPAC for accepting nothing less than lockstep support of Israel by American politicians, [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond to the point that]] ''[[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond saying nothing]]'' [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond about Israel is treated as being anti-Israeli]], even though most leaders' opinions can get summarized as either [[NoExceptYes "I unequivocally support them, and might bomb Iran!" or "I unequivocally support them, and will definitely bomb Iran!"]].

** Jon narrates what it was like to work at the show all this time...in a homage to ''Film/Goodfellas''. Right down to using a tracking shot to move throughout the studio and shine the spotlight on all of the people who have worked behind-the-scenes.

* August 6th: Jon's final show. And the correspondents from over the years came BackForTheFinale. '''[[BeyondTheImpossible ALL OF THEM!!!]]'''