You may have already heard that the San Mateo police raided Jason Chen’s (Gizmodo Editor) home. Reportedly, this action was prompted by a theft complaint lodged by Apple. Gizmodo’s legal troubles may just be beginning, but it has found support from unlikely quarters. Last night, Jon Stewart blasted Apple in The Daily Show for its handling of the stolen iPhone incident.

Here is a partial transcript from In OtherNews:

Apple – you guys were the rebels, man, the underdogs. People believed in you. But now, are you becoming the man? Remember back in 1984, you had those awesome ads about overthrowing Big Brother? Look in the mirror, man! …It wasn’t supposed to be this way – Microsoft was supposed to be the evil one! But you guys are busting down doors in Palo Alto while Commandant Gates is ridding the world of mosquitoes! What the fuck is going on???!!!

…I know that it is slightly agitating that a blog dedicated to technology published all that stuff about your new phone. And you didn’t order the police to bust down the doors, right? I’d be pissed too, but you didn’t have to go all Minority Report on his ass! I mean, if you wanna break down someone’s door, why don’t you start with AT&T, for God sakes? They make your amazing phone unusable as a phone! I mean, seriously! How do you drop four calls in a one-mile stretch of the West Side Highway! There’re no buildings around! What, does the open space confuse AT&T’s signal???!!!

…Come on, Steve. Chill out with the paranoid corporate genius stuff. Don’t go all Howard Hughes on us.

You can grab full episodes of The Daily Show from its official website.