On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM, <CGreen7223 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Stewart likes to portray himself as a wise moderate standing in between
> the extremes of right and left. He thinks he's pretty cool. I don't think
> Stewart is that funny but that's personal taste. I think the reporters on
> the
> show are funnier than he is as is Colbert. I think it is a sign of the
> benighted state of our country when the Daily Show, Colbert and Bill Maher
> are
> the most intelligent forums in the mass media today. Stewart, or the Daily
> Show writers who do his bits for him, says some intelligent things, is
> moderately decent on Israel, etc. I don't get it when people talk about
> the
> Daily Show as if it is a really profound left-progressive media outlet. I
> guess
> people are just hungry for any sign of modest intelligence in the mass
> media. But some people talk about him like he's a deep thinker or IF Stone
> or
> Ben Bagdikian or something. The Daily Show does a good job pointing out
> certain vapid performances on TV news outlets but it is not often that the
> satire provides you with any look at the real nature of powerful
> institutions
> in this country. I know, I know, it's a comedy show but some people treat
> it like it is more than that. Stewart is pretty much a conventional
> moderate liberal thinker, even though he gives occasional evidence that he
> is
> aware of radical ideas and thinkers like Chomsky. He has several times
> referred to Hugo Chavez as a brutal dictator.
>
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