Jon Stewart on CNN: A Profile in Courage
Jon Stewart on CNN: A Profile in CourageJon
Stewart Crossfire Transcript, Excerpts:
STEWART: See, the thing is, we need your help. Right now, you're helping the politicians and the corporations. And we're left out there to mow our lawns.
No, no, no, you're not too rough on them. You're part of their strategies. You are partisan, what do you call it, hacks.
So what I would suggest is, when you talk about you're holding politicians' feet to fire, I think that's disingenuous. I think you're...
I'm here to confront you, because we need help from the media and they're hurting us.
To do a debate would be great. But that's like saying pro wrestling is a show about athletic competition.
You're doing theater, when you should be doing debate, which would be great.
What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery.
You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.
When you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...
I watch your show every day. And it kills me. It's so -- oh, it's so painful to watch.
We need what you do. This is such a great opportunity you have here to a actually get politicians off of their marketing and strategy.
Where's your moral outrage on this? After the debates, where do you guys head to right afterwards? You go to spin alley, the place called spin alley. Now, don't you think that, for people watching at home, that's kind of a drag, that you're literally walking to a place called deception lane? …You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show.
I just think that nobody holds their feet to the fire to do it. So they don't have to. They get to come on shows that don't...
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"What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably….It's not so much that it's bad, as it's hurting America ... Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America." --Jon Stewart, to "Crossfire" hosts Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala
[As Tucker tries to bait Stewart with rhetorical tricks, leading questions and statements....]
"No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey." --Jon Stewart, to Tucker Carlson
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htm#
[To its credit, CNN cancelled Crossfire not long after his interview. But its clones remain all over cable news and AM radio.]
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Stewart Crossfire Transcript, Excerpts:
STEWART: See, the thing is, we need your help. Right now, you're helping the politicians and the corporations. And we're left out there to mow our lawns.
No, no, no, you're not too rough on them. You're part of their strategies. You are partisan, what do you call it, hacks.
So what I would suggest is, when you talk about you're holding politicians' feet to fire, I think that's disingenuous. I think you're...
I'm here to confront you, because we need help from the media and they're hurting us.
To do a debate would be great. But that's like saying pro wrestling is a show about athletic competition.
You're doing theater, when you should be doing debate, which would be great.
What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery.
You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.
When you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...
I watch your show every day. And it kills me. It's so -- oh, it's so painful to watch.
We need what you do. This is such a great opportunity you have here to a actually get politicians off of their marketing and strategy.
Where's your moral outrage on this? After the debates, where do you guys head to right afterwards? You go to spin alley, the place called spin alley. Now, don't you think that, for people watching at home, that's kind of a drag, that you're literally walking to a place called deception lane? …You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show.
I just think that nobody holds their feet to the fire to do it. So they don't have to. They get to come on shows that don't...
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"What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably….It's not so much that it's bad, as it's hurting America ... Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America." --Jon Stewart, to "Crossfire" hosts Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala
[As Tucker tries to bait Stewart with rhetorical tricks, leading questions and statements....]
"No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey." --Jon Stewart, to Tucker Carlson
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htm#
[To its credit, CNN cancelled Crossfire not long after his interview. But its clones remain all over cable news and AM radio.]
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