Fox News, who makes no bones about being the media arm of the Republican Party is not equivalent to MSNBC in any manner whatsoever. In fact just today Keith Olbermann was suspended without pay indefinitely for donating three $2500 checks to Democratic candidates – while Fox News Corp has donated millions directly to the GOP, God knows how much to individual candidates, and who knows how many checks their gang of on air winguts have donated.
Stewart and Colbert meant well, but toning it down is not grounded in reality. I should expect their hypocrisy will soon present itself as they begin getting a whiff of the biggest pile every dropped upon the America since Moby Dick was taken for a Walkee.