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Originally Posted by powerclown
Halx, I know about the guy. I think of him as Bill Mahrer Lite, a Howard Stern everything-I-don't-agree-with-is-repressive type; another of those strange tv mutants who call themselves politico-comedians. He tries to hide his liberal political agenda behind his comedy. Fine. He likes to criticize the US media, fine. Along with Michael Moore, I think he should be grateful he lives in country that so richly rewards him for his criticism. Send him to Mexico for a year, and as soon as someone steals his Porsche, and he can't get a Starbucks he'll want back into the bad old US-of-A. I think he has an overblown sense of self-importance, and I still think he made an ass of himself yesterday on CNN.
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I get the impression that stewart somehow personally wronged you. Perhaps you should try not to get so emotional about him. I don't think you really know anything about the man, since you seem to have huge misconceptions about his opinion of america. He is no micheal moore, or howard stern, or bill marher. Maybe you should try to address what he was talking about, instead of making emotional misstatements about the man's character.
Irate it seems to me you think that he has no right to be a media critic, since he works in the media. I think he is in the perfect position to call bullshit on the media when it takes itself too seriously. The difference between stewart and carlson is that stewart isn't claiming to be a journalist. He isn't claiming to have the public's best interest in mind. His job is to make people laugh. His job is satire, which by its very nature requires a certain amount of smug self righteousness.