Jon Stewart For President
As reported by Gawker reporting on The Washington Post, Jon Stewart appeared last night on Crossfire. Apparently things got heated.
Jon Stewart seems to have made a decision to go after the traditional media-ists for being, well, traditional. 'Journalists' are all part of their own little club, and no one reports about how inaccurate each other are or biased they tend towards, since most of the news media belongs to the special social club known as the Republican Party.
Last month, Stewart was charged with being the mastermind behind a group of "Stoned Slackers", but he was later vindicated when surveys showed Daily Show viewers actually had more education then FoxNews, the other fake news program.
But in either case, on crossfire, Stewart was invited to promote his new book. Thinking he was a whore [no doubt, he might be], his acceptance of the invitation was expected to lead to usual promotions. The trouble is, Stewart thinks Crossfire sucks.
Robert Novak, with all the journalistic integrity of Dan Rather, said of Stewart "I don't think he's funny". As we're busy wondering why Novak's opinion on humor matters, we can't help but long for the return of Jayson Blair who as it seems, has a lot more integrity than Novak. Blair afterall, lied about real news topics. Novak on the other hand is starting shit with a Fake News Host.
Envoking memories of Churchill, Stewart defended himself, "They said I wasn't being funny. And I said to them, 'I know that, but tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show will still blow.'" This much is true.
End the end we understand that the conservative media wants us all to believe they are right. The conservative media does not like when they are questioned, especially by a member of their own organization. And when a few people do question the hegemony of the conservative media, it gets the Old Guard's panties fouled up. Increasingly, news anchors use words like 'disturbed' to describe young peoples fascination with Fake News shows like the Daily Show. What they mean by disturbed really is "concerned for the security of my over priced salary".
Well if the traditional news channels want to bring back the young viewers Jon Stewart has, they may have to consider something radical.
Jon Stewart seems to have made a decision to go after the traditional media-ists for being, well, traditional. 'Journalists' are all part of their own little club, and no one reports about how inaccurate each other are or biased they tend towards, since most of the news media belongs to the special social club known as the Republican Party.
Last month, Stewart was charged with being the mastermind behind a group of "Stoned Slackers", but he was later vindicated when surveys showed Daily Show viewers actually had more education then FoxNews, the other fake news program.
But in either case, on crossfire, Stewart was invited to promote his new book. Thinking he was a whore [no doubt, he might be], his acceptance of the invitation was expected to lead to usual promotions. The trouble is, Stewart thinks Crossfire sucks.
Robert Novak, with all the journalistic integrity of Dan Rather, said of Stewart "I don't think he's funny". As we're busy wondering why Novak's opinion on humor matters, we can't help but long for the return of Jayson Blair who as it seems, has a lot more integrity than Novak. Blair afterall, lied about real news topics. Novak on the other hand is starting shit with a Fake News Host.
Envoking memories of Churchill, Stewart defended himself, "They said I wasn't being funny. And I said to them, 'I know that, but tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show will still blow.'" This much is true.
End the end we understand that the conservative media wants us all to believe they are right. The conservative media does not like when they are questioned, especially by a member of their own organization. And when a few people do question the hegemony of the conservative media, it gets the Old Guard's panties fouled up. Increasingly, news anchors use words like 'disturbed' to describe young peoples fascination with Fake News shows like the Daily Show. What they mean by disturbed really is "concerned for the security of my over priced salary".
Well if the traditional news channels want to bring back the young viewers Jon Stewart has, they may have to consider something radical.
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