(CNN) – Another day brings another round of fun quotes from Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News.
Yesterday, in part one of the Daily Beast's interview with Ailes, the Fox chief said Obama's "socialism was too far left" for France and Germany.
Now in part two of the interview we see Ailes setting his sights on Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and NPR's recent firing of journalist Juan Williams.
Calling Stewart "crazy," Ailes said the popular comedian's career revolves solely around exploiting the public's polarization – the same charge, by the way, that Stewart makes about Fox News.
"He loves polarization. He depends on it. If liberals and conservatives are all getting along, how good would that show be? It'd be a bomb," said Ailes.
"He hates conservative views. He hates conservative thoughts. He hates conservative verbiage. He hates conservatives," a definitive Ailes added to his description of "The Daily Show" host.
Ailes also tore into Stewart's recent "Restore Sanity" rally on Capitol Hill, saying, "Don't give me a social speech on the steps of the Washington Monument. Don't lapse into non-comedy."
But the Fox News chief saved his heaviest fire for NPR, which dismissed Williams last month after he said he felt uncomfortable around some Muslims on airplanes in the days after September 11.
"They are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude," Ailes said of NPR. "They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive."
NPR spokeswoman Anna Christopher told the Daily Beast that "we will let Mr. Ailes' words speak for themselves."
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actualy, it's Mississippi Public Broadcasting, which subscribes to NPR programming...
that's how the sytem works, there's no NPR stations they are all State run and they carry NPR shows...
anyway? i've never ever heard Juan Williams on Miss Public Radio... Never heard him when i listened to Nebraska or Cali's or NC or VA or MD public radio either..
the guy was not much of a contributor...
as for firing him? i notice that he doesn't have a legal case against NPR, because his contract was specific and he violated it several times...
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Pagan I have a great idea for you. For a fun challenge, cover your car windshield and drive using just your GPS tomorrow.
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Ailes said the popular comedian's career revolves solely around exploiting the public's polarization – the same charge, by the way, that Stewart makes about Fox News.
OK, here's john's show from yesterday...
i haven't found clips yet, but the firet ten minutes or so is priceless, esp if you ever watch Glen Beck..
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