I Hate the Daily Show
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thibodeaux
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There was a point I was convinced that those interviews had to be faked because no one could knowingly walk into such a plate glass window like that.thibodeaux wrote:It's amazing that anybody agrees to be interviewed by the Daily Show anymore.
If that interview was genuine, that was a fucking work of art.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, the Netflix sequence would've been hard to splice together.TheCatt wrote:As I understand it, The daily show does 2 interviews, someimes putting things together for effect. But that seemed entirely genuine.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I love the Daily Show.
There's a very good reason that Jon Stewart is shown on recent polls as the most trusted news reporter on American TV. It's simply because he's full of shit (as they all are) and gleefully tells you he's full of shit. You know exactly where he's coming from, and you know he's not going to give you false information claimed as facts that is really intended to skew your viewpoint. He does editorialize, but it's very clear what is editorial and what is "here's what happened".
I remember that interview, when it got to the Netflix bit I was completely flabbergasted at that guy's stupidity. Even the stupid New York studio audience gets that joke.
There's a very good reason that Jon Stewart is shown on recent polls as the most trusted news reporter on American TV. It's simply because he's full of shit (as they all are) and gleefully tells you he's full of shit. You know exactly where he's coming from, and you know he's not going to give you false information claimed as facts that is really intended to skew your viewpoint. He does editorialize, but it's very clear what is editorial and what is "here's what happened".
I remember that interview, when it got to the Netflix bit I was completely flabbergasted at that guy's stupidity. Even the stupid New York studio audience gets that joke.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
I respect Jon Stewart for his candidness at times, but I don't like that he slants the shit out of news and doesn't admit that up front in each episode.
Too many college kids watch that show thinking he's an unbiased news source.
I do like the fact that he is extremely respectful of his guests no matter who they are or what their politics are...typically. He and O'Reilly have been guests of each other's shows numerous times.
I know Stewart has said that he isn't sure what happened to Dennis Miller because he used to be more left (I'd say more middle), but he also believes he's the smartest man he's ever known. I've heard that from a lot of folks about Miller. It's not just his ability to recall obscure facts and historical figures, but to use them in analogies off the cuff is amazing.
Too many college kids watch that show thinking he's an unbiased news source.
I do like the fact that he is extremely respectful of his guests no matter who they are or what their politics are...typically. He and O'Reilly have been guests of each other's shows numerous times.
I know Stewart has said that he isn't sure what happened to Dennis Miller because he used to be more left (I'd say more middle), but he also believes he's the smartest man he's ever known. I've heard that from a lot of folks about Miller. It's not just his ability to recall obscure facts and historical figures, but to use them in analogies off the cuff is amazing.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
From what I read around the web, Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" was attended by 95% liberals, and 95% of them believed the purpose was to get the republicans to stop... existing. I thought the point was to tone down the extremism on both sides, but that isn't how the internet saw it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
There was a segment they had recently, about how the Democrats in the administration were bitching about how the current Congressional Republicans were less reasonable than the ones under Dubyah or something.
Then he finds all kinds of clips going back to the Dubyah-Clinton era which all say the same thing with the parties reversed. He's able to do this all the way back to the '80s, at which point he says, "If we had TiVo in the eighties, we'd be able to show you more. But let me give you every Democratic sound byte during that decade, 'FUCK REAGAN!'"
Then he finds all kinds of clips going back to the Dubyah-Clinton era which all say the same thing with the parties reversed. He's able to do this all the way back to the '80s, at which point he says, "If we had TiVo in the eighties, we'd be able to show you more. But let me give you every Democratic sound byte during that decade, 'FUCK REAGAN!'"
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, I watched that and while of course there's some slant to it, it really was almost all about "bring it down a notch". Not Republicans, everyone.GORDON wrote:From what I read around the web, Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" was attended by 95% liberals, and 95% of them believed the purpose was to get the republicans to stop... existing. I thought the point was to tone down the extremism on both sides, but that isn't how the internet saw it.
You can't blame Stewart for most Democrats being stupid.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"