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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
The fact the Daily Show is one of the best sources of election information has nothing to do with it being a real news source or that it should be considered one, but, rather, it has EVERYTHING to do with how POORLY the current REAL news sources are doing their jobs.
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This is exactly what Stewart eluded to about many times throughout the interview. He was saying about
how a news organization is looking "to Comedy Central for their cues on integrity", is in bad shape.
Any time your news program is aired directly after puppets making crank calls is also a bad sign that
you really shouldn't be taken seriously, and the fact that they ARE, is making the 'real' news guys look
really bad. And being a fake news organization, they don't really feel the need to press the 'hard' issues
onto candidates, like it'll make a difference. I love it when Ed Gillespe is on the show, because he knows
that it's not really something to take seriously, and he has fun with it. You see him on CNN the next day
in a news clip and he's a totally different guy, being your stereotyped 'Republican' as the media would
showhim. But on the Daily Show, he's just having fun, because he knows better than to take it
seriously.
Powerclown, he came on the show probably because they asked him to. Also, he didn't make a fool
of himself, and I'm sure he knew that nothing was going to be changed (probably the same reason
he doesn't get tough on the candidates or any politcal figure for that matter,) but what he's trying
to do is just show what a joke these Crossfire guys are, and it's true, they're all morons. It's not
really a debate, it's more like the "Debate Sketch" from The Flying Circus, just yelling yes and no
at each other without really answering or questioning anything.