Disingenuous isn’t what I’d call it; but the format of that Fox show certainly was; a “shared host” arrangement where a “liberal” and a “conservative” provided a “Fair and Balanced” account. It was at the time a transparent sham, and Stewart was right to insist on the difference between comedy, news, and opinion. That was the point: he made: the blurring of the lines between categories let Fox play “whataboutery” games with effective critics. The problem was and is that sector of the news sector (who enjoy Constitutional protections that comedy shows do not) who play fast an loose and have devolved into propaganda; that’s disingenuous, not providing a cntique of it.
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