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'The Daily Show' Finds No Difference Between Fox News And North Korea State TV

The similarities are uncanny.
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Although Fox News is a privately owned network, journalists like CNN’s Chris Cuomo have called it “state TV” for the way it aggrandizes President Donald Trump.

The claim may have some truth, according to “The Daily Show.”

The Comedy Central series posted a clip Monday morning comparing worshipful statements made about Kim Jong Un on North Korea State TV with obsequious comments made about Trump by the likes Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro ― host of shows on Fox News or the Fox Business Network.

Spoiler alert: The similarities between the hyperbolic statements are uncanny.

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The Donald Trump And Kim Jong Un Meeting
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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic U.S.-North Korea summit on June 12, 2018. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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Kim walks beside Trump at the start of the summit. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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Trump and Kim shake hands. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians in Tokyo look at a wall-mounted screen displaying live news of the meeting between Trump and Kim on June 12, 2018. (credit:MARTIN BUREAU via Getty Images)
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Trump's motorcade leaves for the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, the site of the summit. (credit:Suhaimi Abdullah via Getty Images)
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Trump and Kim walk after lunch. (credit:ANTHONY WALLACE via Getty Images)
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People watch live footage of the handshake between Kim and Trump. (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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Trump and Kim shake hands again before their expanded bilateral meeting. (credit:Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
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Photographers gather next to a TV while Trump and Kim meet. (credit:Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)
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The two leaders pose for a photo op, flanked by American and North Korean flags. (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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People in Little Neck, New York, watch a news report on the summit between the U.S. and North Korea. (credit:Jeenah Moon / Reuters)
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Some people applaud as they watch live footage of the summit from a train station in Seoul. (credit:Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)
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Trump speaks at a press conference following the historic summit. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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Kim's motorcade heads to Sentosa, the resort island where the summit is taking place. (credit:ROSLAN RAHMAN via Getty Images)
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Motorcycles lead Kim's motorcade on its way to Sentosa. (credit:Tyrone Siu / Reuters)
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North Korean defectors Park Sang Hak and Justin Kim watch replays of President Donald Trump's summit meeting in Singapore. (credit:Mike Theiler / Reuters)
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People take photographs as Kim's motorcade leaves the St. Regis hotel. (credit:Suhaimi Abdullah via Getty Images)
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More people take photos outside the St. Regis hotel. (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Police stand guard outside the Capella Hotel in Singapore. (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Members of the media stand outside the Capella Hotel. (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Trump and Kim pose ahead of the summit. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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