Jon Stewart CNN Interview
Ok so I watched this Jon Stewart thing that everyone keeps talking about. Ehh. I'm not all that impressed with the new "cocaine free Dennis Miller". I love political satire and I love comedy but Jon Stewart, doesn't do it for me most of the time. Though he has that, "Gee, gosh did I break your flower pot mam?" look to him. I don't feel strongly about his comedy or his message. But, on this little 15 minutes of tape I did sort of understand him.
It occurred to me that Jon wasn't there to talk about anything other than the media. He was there to attack crossfire. He wasn't there to answer political questions or give a run down of the candidates as he sees it. He was there to shit on "Bow Tie Pansy" and "Whiney Pig Face Liberal". And you know what? They played right into his hands. I think at some point Stewart said something like,
"Hey buddy, if you are comparing your show to mine; a show that is preceeded by swearing puppets making prank phone calls, then we're in trouble."
Actual quote via Oliver's site -
"If you want to compare your show to a comedy show, you're more than welcome to.... I wouldn't aim for us. I'd aim for "Seinfeld." That's a very good show.... But my point is this. If your idea of confronting me is that I don't ask hard-hitting enough news questions, we're in bad shape, fellows."
"You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls."
I was close.
I got Jon's message, and his message is right. The media does not do justice to the American people by squaring off against itself. Jon uses the term political hacks, but what they really are are meaningless puppets. I know deep down that's what he wanted to say. All they do is wave black and white flags in front of our face to the point where we don't even care what the flags means We are more concerned by the weather causing the flags to undulate at a different height today.
The media does not ask questions that may subject a presidential candidate or a high-ranking official of our Gov't to discomfort, much less pressure. The media has betrayed America by becoming one of it's biggest businesses overrun by greed. The media delivers us information that by all objective standards could be compared to nothing more than pornographic violence intended to distract us from the betterment of our lives as non-consumers.
Here is the link to watch the show. I recommend it. Hey, for all you FOX viewers out there, he does say the word, "Dick". Now that will get ya clicking I'm sure.
