No one does fake news better than Comedy Central's hit 'The Daily Show' and recent addition 'The Colbert Report.' The duo have been so successful and influential that right wingers have taken note of it and are trying to copy the wit and humor of the left for the nefarious purposes of the right.
From ThinkProgress:
Fox News is prepping a new late-night talk show called “Red Eye” hosted by Greg Gutfeld, the former editor of UK Maxim (and Huffington Post blogger) who previously led a web-based chat show for FoxNews.com.
In a clip of “Red Eye” that was leaked online, Gutfield leads a discussion about Sen. Joe Biden’s (D-DE) racially-insensitive claim that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.” In the clip, Gutfield calls Biden “my favorite person in the world,” and asks, “Isn’t [Biden] saying what every liberal is thinking,” that “Obama is acceptable because he’s…a non-threatening black man.”
Gee golly, didn't hear the racism in that one. You can see it even better in the video that you can access by clicking the Think Progress link above. What a pathetic attempt to be funny by using stereotypes and innuendo that is only humorous to those that love a good racist joke at the expense of some minority that they abhor coming into contact with. God forbid they interact with people that aren't as white as them and get a reality-check.
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