Even Jon Stewart is Now Defending Michele Bachmann…Sort of
- Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:00am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The Newsweek cover featuring an unflattering picture of Rep. Michele Bachmann has caused quite a stir. The news magazine has been forced to explain itself and many even traditionally liberal outlets have come out against the photo. And now, add Jon Stewart to the list.
“Newsweek, that’s a sh** picture of Michele Bachmann,” he said, “and clearly not an accidentally shi**y picture.”
According to Stewart, Bachmann is so photogenic (and he showed pictures to prove it) that the only way to make her look bad is to intentionally do so.
“You’ve got to go pretty far out of your way to find a crappy photo of Michele Bachmann, and you did,” he added.
But as we’ve noted before, a Stewart clip isn’t complete unless it offends both sides, and as Mediaite notes, he did just that:
Stewart then noted Brown’s argument that the photo was illustrative of the Representative’s intensity, which Stewart did not buy one bit. “That’s not an ‘I’m galvanizing the voters in Iowa’ picture,’” arguing instead that the cover looked like “the female version of The 40-Year-Old Virgin.’” “You used that photo in a petty attempt to make Michele Bachmann look crazy,” he scolded, suggesting instead, “that’s what her words are for.” He then put together a far “scarier” portrait of Rep. Bachmann– made entirely of her quotes.
Still, he concluded: “Shame on you, Newsweek, and shame on your editor Tina Brown.”
You can watch it all below:
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Comments (108)
beekeeper
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:33amI’m glad Stewart came out against the photo – I agree you have to go out of your way to find a “bad” picture of her, and their motives ring hollow. As Stewart said, “that’s what her words are for”.
Mocking Bachman for her quotes is fair-game, but putting a bad picture on the cover makes me think they simply wanted the controversy to remind people that Newsweek is still around.
What are the chances that Newsweek would ever put an unflattering picture of Rep. Barney Frank, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Maxine Waters or Rep. Henry Waxman? All of which are, IMHO, virtually impossible to find a good picture of…
Report Post »terriergal
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:06amSo you agree with him that her words are what make her look crazy?
Report Post »kreese
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:16amDon’t get too excited–these idiots, like Stewart, will throw a crumb of sanity to conservatives now and then.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:12pmI would describe that picture as Gollum looking at the Ring and saying
Report Post »( the precious It’s mine and I want it )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs
tower7femacamp
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:15pmif they do put our children in reeducation camps
it will be because Bachmann got the un Patriot act to pass the congress for
4 more yrs.
this women is really Stupid, and this is not the answer to the crap the USA is going to be facing
the next President
Ron Paul’s socks know more than this Idiot
Report Post »wasn’t the last 2 Idiot presidents enough ?
Servant Of YHVH
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:15pm@tower
Report Post »I can just bet that Ron Paul would not be thrilled that a nutcase like you is supporting him.
tower7femacamp
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:21pmhey servant I am sure Michelle is pleased to have your racist comments
tied to her support
you post was
(It looks like oprah is starting to do obama’s work for him and paying these kids to go out and destroy, maim and kill.)
good one, and I am the Hitler here.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:22pmsorry I meant SERVANT
Report Post »CCRYDER
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:44pmYou’ve got that right…but for Barney, he wins it just by far*ing on the air! That was too darn funny.
Report Post »Sleazy Hippo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:29amThis is a fake issue made by GOP publicists.
The photo looks exactly like Representative Bachmann, without any question. You can tell it is her instantly from 25 feet away. She looks young and robust, and healthy in the photo, energized and attentive to the needs of the country,
It is a remarkable photo and I don’t think she has personally complained about it. I think she is getting lots of free publicity based on this obviously contrived mini-issue, so good for her!
Report Post »terriergal
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:05amIf it’s a non issue by GOP publicists then why did Stewart pick it up? Everyone can see she looks a little loopy in the picture. Maybe you need glasses. For the record I like Michelle Bachmann for the most part.
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:49pmNewsweek posted about the cover on Twitter Sunday with the hashtag “# queenofrage,” very pleased with themselves about what they had done.
It was the liberals who were bragging that they used the “crazy eyes” picture. They were tweeting all over, proud of themselves.
But you come to a conclusion that the GOP made up the issue. Interesting thought process.
Report Post »Sleazy Hippo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 2:25pmI attribute that hashtag to the title of her story, “Queen of Rage” which centers around her behavior and belief; and her campaign which is based on her righteous indignation against the establishment. . The picture is still high quality and compelling to look at.
I am only saying Representative Bachmann is certainly receiving a lot of free publicity out of this, and that is good for her public recognition. BTW, I still have not heard her campaign complain about it.
Report Post »Azza
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:23amLook, why do you watch the Stewart and than take everything personally ……………..either watch and enjoy or change the channel ………that’s something that obama has not taken away yet……..Bloomberg my put a stop to it ……….Bachman can take care of herself and the public is wise enough to figure out whats going on………Tina Brown herself looks like someone pulled her out of a bulls ass…….she’s never groomed ……….her girlfriend Huffington always looks like she just got done sucking on a bulls ass………
Report Post »IntransigentMind
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:30amLook, it all comes down to whether we pick a candidate who can defend conservatism on her feet.
http://markamerica.com/2011/08/09/the-difference-between-us/
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:40amI have never watched the liberal tool and I won ‘t…
Report Post »matt1776
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:04pm40%+ of America approves of the job Obama is doing. The country isn’t wise enough to decide anything on its own anymore.
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:19amWe now know when Newsweek was bankrupt why it was sold to the new owners for a dollar. Anyone stupid enough to publish a rag like Newsweek puts out deserves to be swindled.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:33amThey paid too much.
Report Post »briten821
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:11amIn the 1700‘s and 1800’s all newspapers and journals were openly political. They even had Democrat of Republican in their titles. Their articles and political cartoons were biased and openly so. And everyone survived! Who cares if a magazine or a newspaper or even a privately owned TV network is politically biased. If you don’t agree, don’t read it. History has shown that such media bias doesn’t change the country one way or the other. There is always something to balance it all out…
Report Post »tubular
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:52amI agree that private media should be able to be as openly biased as they choose. It is entirely fine for those who pay attention to the issues and know the difference between bias and objective reporting (a rarity). The problem is that the largest segment of the electorate doesn’t really follow the issues day-to-day. Media like Newsweek, ABC, NBC, NYT, and NPR pretend and portray themselves as objective and unbiased. When the casual voter sees this photo or headline, they process it into their mind as fact rather than opinion. It’s like an advertisement without the disclaimer. I hear this all the time from friends I know who pick up a snippet of information from one of the aforementioned sources and just internalize it as though it were true. They have this opinion of something without it being based on any objective information. Even though everything else in their life tends to align with the views of Michele Bachmann they walk away with this idea that she is someone that they don’t want to vote for. It’s subtle, deceptive, and can change the outcome of elections. It would be great if everyone paid attention to their sources of information and the issues but not even a majority do. It would actually be much better if Newsweek would just come right out and label itself as a “liberal publication”. That is absolutely their right and people would tend to internalize the information much more rationally.
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:04amWomen of the left why do you put up with these attacks? A women president will lift all women. You are selling out your gender for your sad left wing views.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:19amStop making sense! It confuses the minute liberal mind and throws them into a tizzy…..
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:00amenvy………have you looked at Lib women?
Report Post »Mr. Miyagi
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:20pmAnswer to question here, because those on left only think of left first! Not have vision to see damage to cause they claim represent, by not speaking up for obvious bias, and lie! Beside, they dishonor themself with display of juvenile picture of Mrs.Bachmann on cover of magazine no one read or take serious anymore. Try to claim to be objective magazine? Expect people to take serious? Ever read anymore headline of stories on cover they write about? Miyagi could expect get more common sense from national enquirer than newsweakling. no even good for wrapping fish in, probably damage fish!
Report Post »Qoheleth
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:03amLike a few others, I can hope that Stewart is finally beginning to see how ape-wild-mangy-bananas the left is. He’ll see his own culpability last, I’m sure. He may, like Dennis Miller (only not 0.001 as articulate) eventually start talking sense.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:40amI agree, I think he a funny man, but I can’t watch him because he is so partisan. I don’t think it will hold however, he is and always will be a very right wing liberal, maybe to the Marxist point and you don’t come back from that.
Report Post »suzy000
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:00amSmart people on both sides of the political aisle understand they could be next. Face it…how many unflattering pics are there of all of us?
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:58amappears newsweek may be in financial difficulty, is this a ploy, an assignment, that was given to them to destroy the tea party? and in turn money will appear magically in their account?
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:59pmThey are another very successful liberal magazine that was sold in 2010 for the amount of $1. Latest estimates indicate that they are now worth almost $2. Think skyrocket.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:52amLike Palin, their putting her in the limelight more so people pay attention to her, their ignorance. I was telling a friend a few months back Bachmann was a potential president and she ask me who she was, said she didn’t know her. I told her to listen to the left a while, but believe the opposite of what they said about her and she would.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:31amListen to the AUDIENCE LAUGH? What a bunch of IDIOTS. Just a little more lefty liberal bias on top of more lefty liberal bias… like whipped cream on cake for them. NASTY IS AS NASTY DOES and these NASTY HATERS never change. They wonder why we COMPLAIN about the BIASED MSM? Perfect example.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:59amHe’s a commedian…he’s say anything he thinks his audience will laugh at. Don’t take anything he says as serious. I’d bet if conservatives flooded his studio audience (it would take a brave lot to put up with him) and boo’d a lot of the liberal comments, he’d come out looking conservative by the end. He’s a sl** for ratings.
Report Post »The Toad
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:28amConstitutional conservative my arse !! Bachmann not only proposed cutting veteran’s benefits, she proposed cutting disabled vet’s care as well. While she talks about ‘liberty’, she voted to extend the Patriot Act. She is a teaparty fraud ! Bachmann talks one way and acts another. Your typical politician and worse of all hired Ed Rollins who has never had a good thing to say about the teaparty! The only canidate I would trust with my check book would be Sara Palin if she got in!
Report Post »javasport
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:58amHey Toad, go take a math class. A decrease in a propose increase is not a cut. Just because someone proposes to spend less than you would want doesn’t make it a real cut in spending. I guess I can go buy a new $5000 camera because I chose to buy a $40,000 car instead of the $90k Mercedes I was eyeing. I don’t really have the money for any of it but I made a cut in my car budget so I can afford it,right? I need to be nice to my kids because I‘ll be living with them when I’m old. Live like a Democrat, live in the now!!
Report Post »The Toad
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:13amJust to propose to cut disabled veterans benfits is crazy!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:28amIs he still on the air? Mindless youth. You’ll come to your senses with age. Just wait until the word responsibility has some meaning in your life.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 2:45pmhe’s like 50 years old.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:26amAll of you saying that Steweart is getting it right and praising him for seeing the light.. ummm, if he REALLY was sincere he would’ve pointed the photo out said it was wrong and left it at that.. But no, he went into his own tirade, showing quotes and made his own photoshop out of her own words .. Like I said, he saw an opportunity to further trash Bachmann and took it.. Noting more , nothing less..
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:26amThe iron fist in a velvet glove.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:03am…still hurts like hell when you get one across the jaw.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:22amYeah, swell. Stewart is 5th grade humor. Boring.
Report Post »Airb0rne4325
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:21amI think Stewart is beginning to see how messed up some of the Left is and he is using his brain instead of being lead by the nose. He may eventually end up like Dennis Miller. Once a staunch Leftist now much more Conservative.
“If you’re not a liberal when you are 20 then you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative when your 40 then you have no brain.” –Winston Churchill.
Maybe some people just take a little longer.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:19amHe wasn’t serious he just used this to further put down Bachmann he saw an opening and took it… People here will probably disagree but that’s the way i see it.. And all the people laughing when he showed the photo ? They couldn’t care less about what is going on in our once great county..
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:14amWouldn’t it be great to find unflattering pictures of those at Newsweek responsible for the Bachmann photo and publish them?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:19amso? they’re not presidential candidates…who cares.
Report Post »raybojabo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:11amDana Loesch @ Bigjournalism took care of that Saturday
Report Post »http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/08/07/newsweek-michele-bachmann-is-queen-of-rage-and-a-caption-contest/#more-212764
tifosa
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:14am“You wanna use a photo that makes her seem a little off? Make it out of her words.” Then listing her crazy talk…sweeeeet!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:18amWe could do the same with a listing of looney liberal talking points you‘ve spouted off so don’t get all giddy on your fairy dust, little girl. Just sayin’.
Have a groovy, glittery day, dear, and bless your little heart…..
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:20amProves my point exactly.. Thank you mental case…
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:33amHe’s funny and you sound like name-calling, whiny complainers. Puhleez :^) btw, name is: “one years food ration like glenn says” and I’M crazy? hahahaha, buy your backpack yet?
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:50am@TISOFA .. No, I made the name as a joke ( if you must know) and now after complaining that people like yourself hijack user names they changed the format and now I can’t change it back, without creating a new account , happy ? I did like my “real” user name REAGAN/DEMINT, DISCIPLE . Who cares, right ? point is, you just proved me right. mental case.. BTW I don’t buy anything of Glenns, no books, no GBTV, no Glenn nothing.. It‘s nice when you have a choice and that’s what I choose to do, but if it were your world I‘m sure you would force me to buy things that I don’t want.. Like your messiah and his healthcare, right mentalcase ? As you were ..
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:11amPray for the liberals and forgive them their lunacy and intellectual shortcomings for they know not how ridiculous they sound.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:28amProgressive women are afraid of strong conservative women. Thats why you will see that the attacks on Bachmann will get more and more personal, trying to destroy her character. The angle is always “shes crazy” or “shes stupid”. Take baracks teleprompters away and he‘s a mumbling idiot that can’t string two sentences together. Biden is like that freshman frat boy. Every time he opens his mouth he says things that I can only skake my head about.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:28amlaughable :^D
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:59amHey Tifosa….Good of you to take a moment, and in one word, confess that you are laughable….You may think you are glib, and of high intellect, but I can tell you …You are no Al Sharpton….
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:17pm“You wanna use a photo that makes her seem a little off? Make it out of her words.”
Report Post »I loved that part.
“Even Jon Stewart is now defending Michele Bachmann sort of”
…except not really, at all. Ah ha aha ha ah ha ah. She’s such a fascist.
TopOfTheMuffin2u
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:11amEven a moron can see the light of day occasionally!
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:45amYeah…Pandering to the four members of his conservative audience..Doesn’t want to lose them, so throws them an occasional bone….
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:10amwell good for him.. i still dont like him…
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:09amGood on him. He continues to have moments of clarity.
Report Post »terriergal
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:08amWell Good on him but then he went on to show them how they ought REALLY to diss her and make her look crazy. It was kind of childish. But at least he did acknowledge that the photo seemed deliberate. (anyone who has anything to do with media knows that photos and camera angles are chosen quite deliberately for the impression they give.)
Report Post »ConservativeResponse
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:07amAgain Stewart is playing both sides… it’s actually genious. He makes everyone happy and then ****** everyone off again, only to make everyone happy again. It‘s not an accident that he’s been on Fox News more often recently.
Maybe Stewart is a capitalist more than a comedian
Report Post »NOWINTHEKNOW
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:21amIsn’t that the dirty little secret? Most of these wannabes are Capitalists but play the Socialist card to earn their Capitalist dough! Yet somehow, when capitalism crumbles they will still feel entitled to that same amount of dough. Then, I would assume they will start crying foul. I digress!
Report Post »burr99
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:07amPhotoshop is alive and well, and the left will go to any extent to try to discredit this true patriot, and excellent candidate. Shame on newsweek, and all of their ilk.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:15pmI’d vote for her, but she’s no angel… You’d be hard pressed to find someone who has benefited from tax payer money than her, and then turn around and b1tch about people taking gov’t funding.
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