00:00But I guess as the famous saying goes, democracy dies in discussion.
00:06Jon Stewart isn't walking back his criticism of President Joe Biden.
00:10Stewart generated plenty of headlines for his big return to The Daily Show last week,
00:14where he mocked Biden for his apparent age-related cognitive issues.
00:17Some progressives have slammed the segment,
00:19accusing Stewart of inadvertently helping Biden's presumed election rival, Donald Trump.
00:24Stewart opened his second show back, hosting the Comedy Central late-night series,
00:27by diving right into the backlash, specifically citing a story from The Hollywood Reporter.
00:31Quite frankly, the response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing.
00:39Jon Stewart is facing massive backlash from Democrats over his comments about Joe Biden.
00:44He went on to say this.
00:46I have sinned against you. I'm sorry.
00:49It was never my intention to say out loud what I saw with my eyes and then brain.
00:59Stewart then joked that he can do better and asked,
01:01where do I go to study the particulars of unquestioning propaganda?
01:05I would need mentorship.
01:06He then pivoted to Tucker Carlson's widely panned interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
01:11as well as his Moscow travelogue clips praising Putin's regime
01:14due to the prices at a grocery store and the quality of a subway station.
01:17Because the difference between our urinal-caked, chaotic subways
01:22and your candelabra-ed, beautiful subways
01:25is the literal price of freedom.
01:28Stewart went on to say,
01:30But the goal that Carlson and his ilk are pushing
01:32is that there's really no difference between our systems.
01:34In fact, theirs might be a little bit better.
01:36The question is why? Why is Tucker doing this?
01:39It's because the old civilizational battle
01:42was communism versus capitalism.
01:44That's what drove the world since World War II.
01:47Russia was the enemy then.
01:48But now they think the battle is woke versus un-woke.
01:52He continued, and in that fight, Putin is an ally to the right.
01:55He's their friend.
01:57Unfortunately, he is also a brutal and ruthless dictator.
02:01So now they have to make Americans a little more comfortable with that.
02:05For more on this story, head to THR.com.
02:07This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
02:14The Hollywood Reporter News.
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