Fox News host Greg Gutfeld delivered a brilliant take on Jon Stewart’s retirement from “The Daily Show” and what it means for the left-leaning media.
Gutfeld called Stewart’s decision a “big loss for the simpering left-wing media” before explaining why the comedian’s success should be a “lesson for the right.”
“Even if his jokes seemed too easy — at times we made it so — his wit won converts,” explained Gutfeld. “Granted, it’s not hard to find converts in the newsroom — leftism is their oxygen — but Stewart used comedy to make a point so he never had to express anger.”
“That’s way more persuasive than shrill bursts of shouting, and that’s the problem with the right,” the Fox News host continued. “Some of us yell the same point over and over again like an English speaker yelling the same phrase to some poor guy who doesn’t know the language. We’ve got political Turrets. And, really, Jon’s mortgages were paid for by people who kept repeating dumb stuff.”
However, Gutfeld insisted that Stewart’s retirement opens up an opportunity for “a bunch of Jon Stewarts” from the right to emerge and change the narrative.
“The rise of a liberal media came as a rejection of the boring, traditional past,” said Gutfeld. “But now they’ve won, so the storyline has flipped. The right is now the rebel, which means it’s time for a bunch of new Jon Stewarts to take aim at the old. Keep an eye out for them because Comedy Central won’t.”
