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- colin_s
sort of surprised there isn't a topic regarding his departure.
it's something to be said when the parallels the NYT draws to cronkite aren't too far off - certainly more trusted in media than most figureheads in this day and age.
comedy central has a predicament with a new host for sure but i remember being in high school and nobody thought jon stewart was going to be able to best kilborn, so anything is possible.
- HijoDMaite0
I use to watch Kilborn too back in the day too.
Hey when is Jon Stewart's film about Iran going to come out?
- Its been out in hd on all the torrent sites about a week agomoldero
- eighteen0
Hijo it's out now or at least there is a torrent available
- Miguex1
I heard his interview on Howard Stern show not too long ago and Stewart was debating if he had the drive to continue the show, he said "it just might be time for me to leave tv for good".
I was bummed when I heard he was leaving the daily show, I agree it's pretty much the only trustworthy news source I follow
- BabySnakes0
I enjoy Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, but I think the show could continue without him.
- eighteen1
Who could possibly replace him? Also, who is Craig Kilborn?
- jtb260
Ugh, this is just the worst. I'm so bummed. I think history will regard this show well. Stewart provided such terrific catharsis. Sad. Sad. Sad.
- PonyBoy1
Comparing him to Cronkite shows you how far-fucked up a society / reality is these days... get a fucking grip... it's a comedian's viewpoint (along w/his plethora of writers... 30+... this is not one man)...
... blah blah blah... GET A GRIP, dorks. If you looked at his schtick as 'news' then you are lost.
btw... LOVED the show... LOVED his view and opinions... BUT THIS WAS NOT A NEWS SHOW. Not even close. :)
- Cronkite didn't have a staff to help him?omahadesigns
- what made this show popular was the fact that it has more credibility than a lot of new shows out thereMiguex
- yes, it's a comedy show, but to to say this is a news show, is not that far off these days.Miguex
- calm down man.sherm
- pr2-7
If you are crying over departure of Jon Steward... don't kid yourself. I worked for the guy a few times and each time was appalled that majority of the workforce I worked along consisted of unpaid interns. Sure there was a host (I shot a few comedy sketched with his co-hosts) and the producer (who i'm sure was getting paid) and an "army" of interns. I couldn't put two and two together until one day it struck me - it's a charade. This liberal leftist portrayal of carrying about liberal and democratic values was an act (after all its SHOW business!) acutely designed to play into hands of its liberal and democratic viewing public. It's not about equality or justice (or whatever other positive values you might think JS stood for) but about entertaining the public with a very specific taste. As such he wasn't so different then his "nemesis"- Bill O'Reilly - neither probably give two hoots about the actual values (whether liberal democracy or conservative republicanism) as long as their target viewer groups keep on believing they do.
Was JS funny - yes, though for me the laughter came through the tears of realizing that no celebrity - including the leftist ones - really believes in what they are preaching - it's all a pre-determined act to find them their ally public.
- I appreciate you mentioning Bill and John together... you are very right to do so... ... it's all show biz. :(PonyBoy
- oh yeah? but what about reality TV..? don't tell me it's fake too...Miguex
- Please not wrestling, please not wrestling...ETM
- bhahahahaha @ wrestlingMiguex
- lolPonyBoy
- I respectfully disagree that Jon Stewart did it all for show. You can't honestly think he didn't believe in what he was preaching do you?kona
- ... do you? From my point of view it's rather easy to see he not only believes it, but he lives and breathes it.kona
- LOL pr2 you work in the industry and you just found out what showbusiness is? and you think nobody else knows???eighteen
- idiotGuyFawkes
- monospaced1
I'm pretty sure Stewart believes in what he says when he is, in fact, reporting on real news. Holy shit. It's a bunch of interns because they want to be there. Of course it's show business but I'd say it's more respectable than the right wing outlets for sure.
- he does not report... he makes fun of current events that are 'cool' to talk aboutPonyBoy
- sadly many get their news from JS2002
- Well, he does have to report on them first, so the audience understands the following comedy.ETM
- Not exactly indepth, but is there.ETM
- Exactly.monospaced
- 20020
Comedy Central - News
Sounds about right as Fox News Channel.
- 20020
"I agree it's pretty much the only trustworthy news source I follow"
Saddest statement
- ETM0
Daily Show does deliver news... as entertainment. It's brief and biased for sure, but it does make people aware of events unfolding. The biggest difference between them and mainstream media outlets is they don't hide the slant or bias pretending to be fair and impartial, when they are not.
Is it a substitute for news? No. But it at least provides some insight for a certain audience who might otherwise be more oblivious of current events. Even if a heavy slant accompanies the telling.
And for those of us who do follow the news from multiple sources and with scrutiny, that only provides added layers to the comedy that makes it more enjoyable.
- SteveJobs1
what's wrong with unpaid interns?
- illegal2002
- unpaid.pango
- What do you mean illegal? Both US Federal, and NY state laws allow it.ETM
- Stop talking out your ass.ETM
- Intern should be an opportunity to learn and gain experience. but the current regulation allow employers to hire intern to do dumb labor work that you don't learn anything plus unpaid.pango
- dumb labor work that you don't learn anything plus unpaid. if it's not illegal yet then it should be.pango
- too much room for employer to exploit.pango
- why do you say it's illegal? what country are you from?Miguex
- He's from Bloombergmonospaced
- not illegal... pangy makes some valid points... I've watched clients / colleagues abuse the hell out of 'free labor' (interns)PonyBoy
- I did an unpaid internship at a major agency when I started, it's not even close to illegalmonospaced
- Heck I abuse my intern too. But I'm not the employer lol. Welcome to the real world grasshopper!!! Hehehehepango
- If they are students and get credit, it is not illegal. And if they willingly volunteer, it is not illegal. Companies aren't forced to pay everyone for everything.omahadesigns
- ukit20
I always thought his views were pretty middle of the road, I wouldn't consider him very left wing. If anything his schtick was based on criticizing the establishment without ever really challenging it. At the same time he was obviously really good at pioneering this new format of news and it will be interesting to see what Comedy Central does now that both him and Colbert are leaving at the same time.
- thought john oliver is doing prettty much the same thing on HBOpango
- check your own bias2002
- I get my news from Newstoday so can't be bias!ukit2
- ya News today has Extreme Left, Right and bunch of cunts in the middle.pango
- Yeah, JS is only leftist by American standards. He's about as left as Barack Obama.sarahfailin
- HijoDMaite0
Comedy is making fun of a situation. Satire is making fun of the way people react to a situation. Or something like that
- Fax_Benson0
Didn't John Oliver deputise for Stewart a while back? What was the consensus on Oliver from fans of the show in the US?
- jtb260
It's certainly not journalism. But that doesn't mean you can't be informed by it. At it's best it's a comedic counterbalance to the many follies of the 24 hour news cycle. If you average the two you might find yourself somewhat informed.
For god's sake though, read your news folks. Read 2-3 articles a day at least. Read them on different sites. NYT, Mother Jones and The Daily News are my regulars (I feel like it strikes the right balance).
Best news on television imho is the PBS Newshour.
- GeorgesII1
@pr2,
say whatever you want I will still cherish him, because he says exactly what I want to hear, because he's so smart and make fun of those cookie repubs and dems and also because he was the funniest jew left on tv.. (are you an antisemite btw???)
now if he wants to hire unpaid interns, that's his problem, don't you know that when you pay someone, they become less funny... and the economy is booming so they don't have to work for him if they don't want to,
it's not like you're going to ask al gore not to fly in extremely polluting private jet to attend his busy global warming events all around the world,
so why they to bring down the Stewarts,
don't be a hypocrite m8
- are you being sarcastic?monospaced
- He called people stupid for listening to him like news. He wasnt so funny. meh. funny when he came out for the time but stale once you realize the culturalyurimon
- marxism of it. meh.yurimon