Great Moments in Television
Exhibit A: John Stewart rips Crossfire a new one, calls Tucker Carlson a dick.
Exhibit B: CNN cancels Crossfire, Carlson disappears into obscurity. (membership required)
[CNN president Jonathan Klein] specifically cited the criticism that the comedian Jon Stewart leveled at "Crossfire" when he was a guest on the program during the presidential campaign. Mr. Stewart said that ranting partisan political shows on cable were "hurting America."I disagree with that last premise - people often want to be told what to think, even me. But blind partisan hatemongering (right after this word from our sponsors) IS bad. Kudos to CNN.Mr. Klein said last night, "I agree wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart's overall premise." He said he believed that especially after the terror attacks on 9/11, viewers are interested in information, not opinion.
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Holy crap. I soooo can't wait to watch the Daily Show tonight.
That was me, by the way.
- jason
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Or they want to be told their opinions are the "right" ones...
Have fun down South!
MAJOR Kudos to Jon Stewart for pointing out the state of punditry. Yes, there will always be pundits, but recently, and especially since 9/11, cable news has come down with a serious case of "Two Tone Perception Disease." Now every issue and policy and political person has to be filtered through the system of liberal talking points and conservative talking points. One or the other. No greys -- absolute light or absolute darkness.
And nobody can say anything without automatically being grouped into one of those two teams: the Liberal Team or the Conservative Team, and nobody will even consider a single word spoken by someone they perceive to be on the Other Team. As such, nobody is learning anything from the "news," they're just sitting through shouting matches and agreeing with the person they agree with anyway.
Okay. I'll stop ranting now. I need orange sherbet.
-- Ben of the Azure Sea
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