\n\u201cSaints be praised, for Professor Tucker Aloysius Mayflower Kennebunkport Backgammon Carlson III has arrived.\u201d \u2014 JON STEWART<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Stewart took notes about Carlson referring to himself as a journalist (\u201cLie about what your job is,\u201d Stewart said as he scribbled) and saying his duty was to \u201cinform people\u201d (\u201cLie about what your duty is\u201d).<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI have much to learn \u2014 \u2018Disguise your deception and capitulation to power as noble and moral and based in freedom.\u2019 Yes, master.\u201d \u2014 JON STEWART<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nCarlson\u2019s coverage of Russia included a trip to a grocery store, where he said the low price of food would \u201cradicalize\u201d viewers against American leaders.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd it will radicalize you unless you understand basic economics. See, $104 for groceries sounds like a great bargain unless you realize Russians earn less than $200 a week. But that\u2019s the kind of context that a \u2014 what did you call yourself earlier? \u2014 a journalist would have provided. But here\u2019s the reality, you [expletive]<\/em> know all this, because you aren\u2019t as dumb as your face would have us believe. Perhaps if your handlers had allowed, you would have seen there was a hidden fee to your cheap groceries and orderly streets. Ask Aleksei Navalny or any of his supporters.\u201d \u2014 JON STEWART<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cBecause the difference between our urinal-caked, chaotic subways and your candelabra-ed beautiful subways is the literal price of freedom. But the goal that Carlson and his ilk are pushing is that there is really no difference between our systems. In fact, theirs might be a little bit better. The question is: Why, why is Tucker doing this? Here\u2019s why: It\u2019s because the old civilizational battle was communism versus capitalism. That is what drove the world since World War II. Russia was the enemy then. But now, they think the battle is woke versus unwoke, and in that fight, Putin is an ally to the right. He\u2019s their friend. Unfortunately, he is also a brutal and ruthless dictator. So now they have to make Americans a little more comfortable with that. I mean, liberty is nice, but have you seen Russia\u2019s shopping carts?\u201d \u2014 JON STEWART<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe Bits Worth Watching<\/h2>\n
Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw, law professors and hosts of the podcast \u201cStrict Scrutiny,\u201d sat down with Stewart to discuss former President Donald Trump\u2019s lawsuits and legal troubles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n