He hardly lost his cool, they should've got in a fist fight but neither seemed interested
'You are insane!' The moment comedian Jon Stewart lost his cool with Fox News host Chris Wallace
It was pitched as a classic grudge match between the left and right of network television.
And when Daily Show host Jon Stewart entered the 'lions den' of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, the results did not disappoint.
Despite trying to maintain his comedic detachment, Stewart lost his temper during the 15 minute interview as the two TV heavyweights battled over perceived liberal biased in the mainstream media.
Reaction: Jon Stewart upped the ante in his sparring with match with Chris Wallace
The conversation started jovially, with Mr Wallace joking to Stewart: 'After months of evasion, disconnected phone numbers and press agents saying 'who are you again' it appears he has run out of excuses.'
There were even jokes about the sparring partners drinking from two Fox News branded mugs, with Mr Stewart suggesting the water may in fact be poisoned.
But the atmosphere quickly turned serious as Mr Stewart, angered by questions over his own 'liberal' bias, snapped.
The audience were shown a transcript of Mr Stewart describing Fox News as a, 'relentless agenda-driven 24 hour news opinion propaganda delivery system.
Mr Wallace the asked the comedian: 'Where do you come up with this stuff.'
Stewart responded: 'Uh, it's actually quite easy.'
Calm: Mr Wallace remained calm as he probed Mr Stewart
After repeated prodding, Wallace then played a clip of Mr Stewart comparing a video of Sarah Palin's recent bus tour to a herpes commercial.
Mr Stewart erupted: 'You're insane... Here's the difference between you and I.
'I'm a comedian first. My comedy is informed by an ideological background, there's no question about that.
But the thing that you will never understand...is that Hollywood, yeah, they're liberal, but that's not their primary motivating force. I'm not an activist. I am a comedian.'
Addressing issues of bias in the main stream media, Stewart responded: 'Do I want my voice heard.
'Absolutely, that's why I got into comedy. Am I an activist, in your mind? A partisan ideological activist.
Mr Wallace answered with a short, 'Yeah.'
'Okay, then I disagree with you.' Stewart said.
Rising in temper again, he said: 'You can't understand, because of the world that you live in, that there is not a designed ideological agenda on my part to affect partisan change because that's the soup you swim in.
'And I appreciate that, I understand it. It reminds me of in ideological regimes, they can't understand that there is free media other places because they receive marching orders.'
Composure: Despite flashes of anger, Mr Stewart did slip back in 'comedy' mode
Denying that there was a deliberate liberal bias in the mainstream media, Mr Stewart maintained that: 'The bias of the mainstream media is towards sensationalism, conflict and laziness.'
'The embarrassment is that I am given credibility in this world because of the disappointment that the public has in what the news media tells them.'
Through gritted teeth Mr Stewart added: 'In the polls who is the most consistently misinformed media viewers.
'Fox, Fox viewers.
'consistently.
'Every poll.
But in a confession, he confided: 'There is no question I do not tell the entire story,' before defusing the situation by telling Mr Wallace, 'My Beef isn't with you.'
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He already said he's a fake newscaster and people should go elsewhere for the news. 
