John Stewart on Crossfire

[mburbank]

I thought he made his point. I thought he gave them rope and then they both hung themselves.

"Spin... al-lee? What earth man mean by this... spin... al-lee?"

If either of them had said "Yeah, you know, what your saying is true, but that's what we have to do to counter the other side, and this is what television is, it IS theater, you of all people should know that."

Then maybe they'd have had a conversation about the role of the press.

But they are too tied up in bullshit to even recognize the issue.

"What? Pro wrestling? I don't see the analogy."

And them trying to say "the daily show" is no better! First of all, it IS better at getting to certain truths than they are, and second, the daily show doesn't make any claim to being anything beyond funny.

They might as well be saying "Well, don't get so mad, we're a comedy show too!" which is closer to the truth than anything ever said on Crossfire.

Plus, mad as he might have been (if he was) I thought Stewart managed to be funny as well, and if I may pull rank, as someone who's actually been on stage a few hundred times, I promise you, he did damn well. He made a point, he thwarted their expectations, and by thwarting their expectations he underlined his point.

The so called 'news' media has utterly abandoned it's post, much as congress has. It isn't the frist time, it sure won't be the last, but it's sad news a comedian is the only one in any position to say so.