Jon Stewart: Fox News Somehow Made Selma Anniversary About Victimization of George W. Bush

AlterNet
March 10, 2015
This weekend, the President delivered an inspirational speech on the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma march. 
How did our vaunted media treat this historic occasion? Well, CNN hyped its drone footage -- yes, drone footage -- of the Selma bridge. 
"One man was so moved, he remarked, "I have a drone!" Stewart joked. 
Onto Fox. If CNN could stay so true to its essence, entirely missing the story to brag about its gizmos, would Fox be equally true to itself and make Selma about white victimization?
Of course they can! Somehow, Fox makes Selma about "liberal bias" and George W. Bush. Watch below: 
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