That’s not what I saw. Stewart had no problem with Barton’s comebacks.
For some reason, the first 9 minutes are only on the Full Episode, then it continues in the separate 3-part extended interview. Good to watch because it sets the stage and has important background/credentials on Barton and his consultation work with the public school system on curriculum and textbooks.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-may-4-2011-david-barton
BUT - It was a smack-down because (JS even commented on it late in the 3-part) every blue “research” card he quotes from is disproven by Barton - every single one. If you’ve watched JS much, virtually every guest he has on with whom he disagrees (conservatives), he manages several “gotcha” moments accompanied by laughter and applause from his liberal audience. This is virtually the ONLY one I’ve ever seen (that’s as long as this interview) where that didn’t happen - try though he did.
I wasn’t that impressed either. Why anyone would go on with that simian-like Stewart is beyond me. He is sooooooooo unfunny.
“That’s not what I saw. Stewart had no problem with Barton’s comebacks.”
Also watch the first 9 or so minutes in the Full Episode section. But yes, he did have a problem, he even mockingly complained about his flawed staff “research” cards toward the end. He tried several times to catch Barton contradicting himself when he read various quotes and written phrases of DB, but Barton clarified it every time (essentially correcting him) and took the wind out of Stewart’s attempted gotchas.