America's Army + Jon Stewart

[RangerCat67 at aol.com]

<<Re. Jon Stewart, I've been watching him pretty constantly for about 2 years 
and I'd be reluctant to call him left wing. Yes, he takes swipes at 
President Dim Wit and veep Darth Vader, but they're easy targets and he has 
gone after Clinton, Democrats, Nader and the Summit in SA last month. And 
ever since 9/11 he has dragged numerous media gas giants from CNN, Fox and 
others (like Susan Coulter) in an attempt to make the show look like a 
serious show and given them pretty much a free ride on the medias' role in 
building war hysteria in the process, IMHO.>>

Here's a silly article from the Boston Phoenix (of all places), in which Seth 
Gitell takes another view:

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news%5Ffeatures/daily/documents/02414889.h

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an excerpt:

"Now Stewart’s show is in a quandary. If he really wants to get away from 
comedy -- again, there’s nothing funny about Ritter -- and clear up some 
misconceptions, he ought to have Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi 
Democratic opposition on as a guest, or at least Ambassador Richard Butler, 
who was Ritter’s former UNSCOM boss. If he wants a watchable show, he ought 
to drop the television version of pamphleteering."