Jon Stewart on Crossfire

[onefnjeep]

If you haven't heard about this you need to watch the video, the transcript does not do it justice. Jon Stewart was on CNN's Crossfire last week to promote his new book entitled America as well as to talk politics. Little did the hosts know, or realize, that Stewart isn't just a comic who appears on TV. Instead he actually is a pundit who tries

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[waltonme]

This was simply hilarious, and by the end the questions from the audience just seemed frivolous. The media is badly in need of a code of ethics; it's their job to analyze/criticize the different approaches to the issues--a civilized debate perhaps?--not to spin everything and do the work of the campaigners for them. It was also amusing to read about Crossfire's damage control http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43775-2004Oct18.html; Robert Novak (aka the Douche bag of Liberty) and James Carville came out at the end of crossfire on Monday, reading two carefully selected comments from viewers, and saying Jon was overrated and uninformed. Jon excused his own behavior as a case of dehydration :) His message flew over their heads, but it begs the question-is it too late to save our media? Are they already too far gone?