CNN Leaves It There
I am always in awe of how astute Jon Stewart and his writers are. This is an astonishingly good takedown of the entire cable culture — the focus on providing programming and information, bu not necessarily on providing any context (fact-checking, esp) for that information. Indulging themselves in the He Say/She Say without giving you any way of being able to evaluate that info. Stewart’s commentary on the real idiocy he documents here (fact-checking an SNL skit? Really?) is awfully close to how I experience watching most TV news. And why TV doesn’t exist in my house. What is the point of this kind of news? And I’m a real news junkie. Anyway, this is Stewart at his best:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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Tags: Liberal Media, The Daily Show
This was awesome. CNN should be embarrassed. I’d like to write some more, but I’ve run out of time and I’ll leave it at that.
This was awesome and Stewart is a genius. Did you see how proud CNN was of fact-checking SNL? Idiots.
I’d like to see the CNN “Hair and Make Up” budget line compared to their “Fact checking” budget line.
CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, The internet in many cases are engaged in propaganda and mass persuasion because of how they pay their bills. It,s more important to watch the commercials than the actual content. Anyone out who doesn,t know what Cialis is, that lunesta will help you sleep, that your in good hands with allstate. Count the number of commercials that are paid for by companys that benefit more from the republican agenda, especcially when it comes to health care reform. The seven words you cannot say on T.V. that Carlin talked about have been expanded to include single payer, hyper-inflation[in health care costs] and any other buzz word that could make people question why we pay twice as much as the rest of the world for health care, while quality is declining in almost ever area. Count the ads and you understand who,s really contolling the information you are getting.
Great point Throwy.
No wonder I never watch TV news anymore.