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Jon Stewart to debate Bill OâReilly in online pay-per-view event
Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly have had several memorable clashes on cable television. Now the ideological foes are taking their ongoing tête-à -tête to the Internet.
The "Daily Show" host and Fox News star will take part in a 90-minute debateâ"The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium"âon Oct. 6 at the Lisner Auditorium on the Washington, D.C., campus of George Washington University.
The debate will be streamed live online for $4.95. Tickets to attend the event ($25-$100) go on sale today, and anyone who preorders either the stream or in-person ticket by Oct. 1 can submit a written question that may be asked as part of the debate. E.D. Hill, former Fox News Live host and CNN contributor, will serve as moderator. According to a press release, they'll cover an "array of topics related to the state of our union."
Stewart and O'Reilly have a long love-hate history, often appearing on each other's shows in minidebates that, if nothing else, make for reliably good television.
In May 2011, for instance, O'Reilly challenged Stewart to debate a controversy surrounding the appearance by the rapper Common at a White House poetry reading. On O'Reilly's "Factor," Stewart accused Fox News of manufacturing the controversy to pump up ratings and fuel viewer outrage.
"There is a selective outrage machine here at Fox that pettifogs only when it suits the narrative that suits them," Stewart said.
Jon Stewart to debate Bill OâReilly in online pay-per-view event
Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly have had several memorable clashes on cable television. Now the ideological foes are taking their ongoing tête-à -tête to the Internet.
The "Daily Show" host and Fox News star will take part in a 90-minute debateâ"The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium"âon Oct. 6 at the Lisner Auditorium on the Washington, D.C., campus of George Washington University.
The debate will be streamed live online for $4.95. Tickets to attend the event ($25-$100) go on sale today, and anyone who preorders either the stream or in-person ticket by Oct. 1 can submit a written question that may be asked as part of the debate. E.D. Hill, former Fox News Live host and CNN contributor, will serve as moderator. According to a press release, they'll cover an "array of topics related to the state of our union."
Stewart and O'Reilly have a long love-hate history, often appearing on each other's shows in minidebates that, if nothing else, make for reliably good television.
In May 2011, for instance, O'Reilly challenged Stewart to debate a controversy surrounding the appearance by the rapper Common at a White House poetry reading. On O'Reilly's "Factor," Stewart accused Fox News of manufacturing the controversy to pump up ratings and fuel viewer outrage.
"There is a selective outrage machine here at Fox that pettifogs only when it suits the narrative that suits them," Stewart said.
