Jon Stewart Speaks His Mind.

Normally, I stay out of the turbulent seas of U.S. politics, but for everyone who has ever railed about "media bias" (whether left or right, spin v. no spin, whatever), do yourself a favor and watch this clip from Friday's "Crossfire".

Jon Stewart Slams CNN's Crossfire -- on Crossfire Tip of the hat to Ugarte for this one.

Stewart was a bit too "snappish" at times in his effort to confront the hosts, and it was clear that he had more disdain for Tucker Carlson than he did for Paul Begala, but the interview made for fascinating viewing while simultaneously providing some food for thought. I think my favorite exchange was this one with Carlson:

STEWART: What you do [as members of the media] is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. And I will tell you why I know it.

CARLSON: You had John Kerry on your show and you sniff his throne and you're accusing us of partisan hackery?

STEWART: Absolutely.

CARLSON: You've got to be kidding me. He comes on and you...

STEWART: You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?

CARLSON: Well, I'm just saying, there's no reason for you -- when you have this marvelous opportunity not to be the guy's butt boy, to go ahead and be his butt boy. Come on. It's embarrassing.

STEWART: I was absolutely his butt boy. I was so far -- you would not believe what he ate two weeks ago.

STEWART: You know, the interesting thing I have is, you have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.

CARLSON: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.

STEWART: You need to go to one. The thing that I want to say is, when you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...

CARLSON: Wait. I thought you were going to be funny. Come on. Be funny.

STEWART: No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey.

Again, fascinating television. Go have a gander.