Jon Stewart to Apple: 'If you want to break down somebody's door, start with AT&T'

The fourth-generation Apple iPhone-Gizmodo snafu has reached critical mass.

With copious amounts of news coverage, an insider tech industry story has blown open into a full-on pop culture reflection point, with coverage in major newspapers and on television news reports.

Last night, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart weighed in his usual half-joking half-serious way, lambasting Apple for going against its 1984 roots and putting the fire under San Mateo law enforcement's rears to begin an investigation into a phone "they already gave back."

The full clip, after the jump:

• Apple iPhone 4G: New photos, video leaked; Gizmodo claims it's real
• Gizmodo considers suing police after iPhone raid
• Prosecutors defend Gizmodo search; ID seller
• Nokia phone leak puts Gizmodo iPhone row in perspective
• Understanding the legal issues that are clouding the Gizmodo iPhone raid
• Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house raided, computers seized
• iPhone-leak-gate: Who are the 'journalists' nowadays, anyway?
• Cops raid Gizmodo editor's home over lost iPhone, raise questions of legal search upon journalist
• Was Gizmodo punk'd by Apple? Photos of this iPhone appeared in February
• How will Apple punish Gizmodo?