Jon Stewart on Jon Stewart
Comedy and news interact in all kinds of places. Certainly one of the most high-profile examples is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. With that in mind, I think it’s pretty interesting to keep up with what Jon Stewart has to say about news and comedy.
Now, there are those who believe that Stewart is dangerous because he lulls his viewers into complacency by enabling them to brush off the government as idiotic or irrelevant to them personally. Stewart, however, didn’t invent satire. Nor did he invent the Daily Show. He just happens to be pretty damn good at it.
In any case, here are a few of the better-distilled moments of Stewart interacting directly with people involved in the news business. The trend is that Stewart reminds his interlocutor(s) that he’s a comedian. They remind him that he’s regardless become relevant in the news business. Impasse ensues. Read the rest of this entry »