No, not because Stewart led a rally intended to mock likely voters. Something tells me Keith Olbermann was just fine with the smugness displayed there. Rather, the Edward R. Murrow of our generation doesn’t like the fact that Stewart dared to lump him in with the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.

“It wasn’t a big shark but Jon Stewart jumped one just now with the “everybody on Thr cable is the same” naiveté”

Here’s what happened:

What apparently set Olbermann off was the long montage of cable clips Stephen Colbert introduced to back up the appearance of his ‘fear’ monster — essentially a longer version of typical Daily Show editing that strives (successfully, it must be said) to highlight the ridiculousness of cablesphere.

For whom shall I root? On the one hand you have a smug leftist comedian who crafted a rally intended to mock Americans concerned with unemployment and fiscal irresponsibility. On the other hand you have a smug leftist commentator known to label his political opponents the “worst (people) in the world”.

It’s like a fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.