The Christian Century

I always enjoy watching Jon Stewart go after Fox News. Sure, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel, but when the shooter’s hilarious and the fish have been hard at work misinforming America and playing to its worst instincts, it’s a satisfying sight.

This clip on Fox’s coverage of Islam is particularly good. Sean Hannity accuses the Obama administration of “turn[ing NASA] upside its head” by using it for Muslim-world outreach, so Stewart shows a 1985 clip of President Reagan articulating similar goals for NASA and U.S.-Soviet relations. Later he looks at Fox’s more-than-a-little-biased coverage of tensions that exist within some U.S. communities whose Muslim residents have the audacity to exercise their constitutional right to worship as they please. Priceless stuff: