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Jon Stewart Goes After Angry Town Hallers & The Networks That Give Them Airtime (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart Goes After Angry Town Hallers & The Networks That Give Them Airtime (VIDEO)
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After poking fun at the President and his town hall supporters last night, Jon Stewart turned his lens to those screaming and yelling that Obama is ruining America. The "Daily Show" declared war on this kind of crazy Monday with segments debunking the "death panel" rumors and mocking the double standards inherent in the praise Fox News heaps on these folks. Last night, he went further, decrying cable news networks for giving them airtime and treating them as experts. Stewart said that Sean Hannity found his new Joe the Plumber in the form of a woman who asked a passionate if uniformed question to Senator Arlen Specter then didn't listen to his response.

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