yeahwho
04-24-2010, 11:41 PM
The NYTimes had a great article yesterday about Jon Stewart and his continued assault on FOXNews.
Here is a link to the article, click (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html?src=me&ref=general)
and an excerpt;
“Stewart does a great job of using comedy to expose the tragedy that is Fox News, and he also underscores the seriousness of it,” said Eric Burns, the president of Media Matters.
The segments about Fox are often replayed hundreds of thousands of times on blogs and other Web sites, amplifying their significance. “Media criticism has become part of his brand,” said Mark Jurkowitz, the associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, who noted that Mr. Stewart had also dissected CNN and CNBC in lengthy segments in the past.
It is true that the often-left-leaning “Daily Show” deals with a wide array of topics, but Fox is one that Mr. Stewart is overtly passionate about; he said on the show this week that he criticizes the network a lot because it is “truly a terrible, cynical, disingenuous news organization.”
And here are the comments... link (http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html?sort=recommended)
and a comment to digest;
Jon Stewart is apparently the only person with guts enough to stand up to this despicable, exploitative and demagogic group of ideologues who masquerade as a news organization but who have none of the professional standards, ethics or behaviors of anything approaching a legitimate news organization.
(y) Great Stuff
Here is a link to the article, click (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html?src=me&ref=general)
and an excerpt;
“Stewart does a great job of using comedy to expose the tragedy that is Fox News, and he also underscores the seriousness of it,” said Eric Burns, the president of Media Matters.
The segments about Fox are often replayed hundreds of thousands of times on blogs and other Web sites, amplifying their significance. “Media criticism has become part of his brand,” said Mark Jurkowitz, the associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, who noted that Mr. Stewart had also dissected CNN and CNBC in lengthy segments in the past.
It is true that the often-left-leaning “Daily Show” deals with a wide array of topics, but Fox is one that Mr. Stewart is overtly passionate about; he said on the show this week that he criticizes the network a lot because it is “truly a terrible, cynical, disingenuous news organization.”
And here are the comments... link (http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html?sort=recommended)
and a comment to digest;
Jon Stewart is apparently the only person with guts enough to stand up to this despicable, exploitative and demagogic group of ideologues who masquerade as a news organization but who have none of the professional standards, ethics or behaviors of anything approaching a legitimate news organization.
(y) Great Stuff