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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart Reacts to 'Daily Show' Backlash: "I Have Sinned Against You" [View all]appmanga
(590 posts)...Jon Stewart is a comedian. He's not a newscaster. He's entitled to his opinions and to practice his art form. I didn't care for the premise of the bit, and I didn't appreciate him putting the two candidate as someone being the same because they happen to be old, but I don't have to like what he does for it to be valid to him and others.
Despite his not being a newscaster, for some his show is just relevant as a newscast when it comes to the opinions they form. And he's not Johnny Carson doing a monologue; he's essentially doing a video essay filled with facts and substantiation that he also makes funny. That fact he's not as concerned as I am about the fact we just missed a successful coup by a guy with a stick up his ass having enough belief in a couple of people he could trust that overthrowing the government really wasn't part of his duties makes me wonder if he's some kind of comically cynical Pollyanna who continues to believe "it can't happen here".
Jon might have some ancestors who could tell him better.