Jon Stewart compared Fox News with the host of InfoWars Alex Jones – and argued that Jones is “far less pernicious influence” in America than Rupert Murdoch’s conservative network.
In the latest episode of his podcast “The Problem With Jon Stewart,” the comedian acknowledged Jones’ history of pushing conspiracy theories and slandering the families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting victims, but then supported people to know what Jones is and who he is.
“As a cultural pathogen, Fox News is far more powerful, far more insidious, far more pernicious and has done more damage than Alex Jones ever will,” Stewart told University of Utah law professor RonNell Andersen Jones.
“And at least Alex Jones gives supplements to compensate for the damage,” Stewart jokingly added, referencing Jones’ hawking of miracle cures and dietary aides.
“Alex Jones is a wolf in wolf’s clothing,” Stewart said during a lengthy discussion of defamation law and the deliberate falsehoods of the personality at Fox. “Fox News is the opposite,” he added.
Watch the interview below. Jones’ section begins at the 44-minute mark: