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Why does it take Jon Stewart of the Daily Show to tell the news media what their job is? This is an excellent clip of Jon Stewart on Crossfire, he mentions many of the things I believe are wrong with news journalism today. If you don't watch The Daily Show, you really should, although it is a comedy show, it actually gives one of the most balanced views of the news you are likely to get in the US.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 10/19/2004 | Permalink |

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1 - Gah! I lasted a few minutes in to this, and I found myself telling Tucker Carlson to shut the #$(@ up! Quite embarrassing when you're at work

Not their funny monkey, indeed.

Posted by Greg Walrath At 12:33:22 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |

2 - Oh, man, was that funny...and the sad thing is...it wasn't supposed to be funny! John Stewart hit the nail right on the head! Thanks for giving me a reason to believe in fake media again!

Posted by The Lion King At 04:52:23 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |

3 - Well, Carl, I think one of the things wrong with news journalism is that you called it "news journalism". Stewart is absolutely right when he tries to push the point that this is all about entertainment and little to do with real debate.

I also agree with him that these guys are hurting America. We can lump them all together - Ann Coulter, Bill O' Reilly, Michael Moore, Al Franken, Molly Ivins, etc. etc. etc.

From reading the stuff I post, you know that I'm a pretty right wing guy. I have customers and friends who are pretty left wing. We have our heavy discussions, then we go back to work. I can't personally think of any of them who isn't sick of the polarizing bullshit that is being sold to us on a constant basis.

This is why jibjab was such a hit. It blasted, rightfully so, the stupidity of both sides. It's why the new Team America movie will be a huge hit - because it's going to skewer everyone. And lastly, because all these people keep taking themselves so damned serious that there's no fun left in any of it.

Take care...

Posted by jon johnston At 11:41:28 PM On 10/19/2004 | - Website - |

4 - Thanks Jon, you're one of the few if not the only Bush voter that puts it out there on their blog too! Credit to you. Although you also admit to being a Huskers fan which has to be hard this year... What's happening?

Posted by Carl At 06:08:32 PM On 10/20/2004 | - Website - |

5 - Nebraska football..... well. 70-10 was hard to take. Very hard to take. OTOH, Tech's offense is amazing if you ever get the chance to watch it (or play it on PS/2, etc). Backup QP came in, threw eight passes, four interceptions, and one fumble and the roof caved in. Poor kid.

Still, if you're a realist about it, we're probably about where I expected us to be. I expect us to make a bowl game, and that's about it. It'll take time to build the team back to where we were, and it looks like Callahan is recruiting very good players. I'm a little skeptical about college kids being able to pick up the complexity of the offense he wants to run - but we'll see what happens.

I'll still be here, man......