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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

I don't enjoy watching either of those fools on Crossfire but I don't
understand why so many are drooling over John Stewart.  

He was incorrect when he made the claim that the Crossfire hosts have a
responsibility to the American people.  Wrong.  They are a TV show that is a
company that has a responsibility to their shareholders only.  They are
responsible for making money.  Loosing your cool and resorting to personal
attacks such as calling someone a dick doesn't make you appear too
intelligent.  Stick to comedy.

  
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of Lyman Green
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:01 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: Jon Stewart on Crossfire
> 
> I'm an NPR news person, when I have to watch/listen to news at all. 
> Jon when I can watch him  is in my opinion the best visual source for
> news.  He so often finds just the perfect concise thing to say about
> the latest idiocy - whether it is political or otherwise.  Well,
> Stephen Colbert does a great job too.
> 
> Lyman
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:02:36 -0400, Alex Wilson 
> <alex AT awstudios.net> wrote:
> > On 10/18/04 10:35 AM, "Brian Godfrey" <bjgodfrey AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > It's said when a comedian from a paradoy news show gives us better
> > > political discourse then shows that are supposed to give it to us.
> > >
> > > Here is a link to the interview Dave Davies did with Jon 
> on the show Fresh
> > > Air.
> > >
> > > 
> http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?display=day&todayDate=09/30/2004
> > 
> > Other than the Daily Show and Inside the NFL, the only news 
> I ever watch on
> > TV is NOW with Bill Moyers, which has done an incredible 
> job doing in-depth
> > recording in the last few years, although a mere hour per 
> week on PBS can
> > hardly cover all the bases.
> > 
> > Bill's interview with Stewart last year goes a lot more in 
> depth with those
> > issues that he brought up on Crossfire, and was the first 
> time I felt
> > validated in my belief that, while Stewart might not run 
> the best NEWS show,
> > he's definitely one of the only ones that does any decent 
> questioning and
> > analysis of the news. Here's the transcript:
> > 
> > http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_stewart.html
> > 
> > The rest of my news comes from the internet and NPR.
> > 
> > Alex.
> > 
> > www.alexwilson.com - Alex Wilson Studios
> > www.undersweet.com - Weekly Comic Strip
> > www.telltaleweekly.org - Funding a Free Audiobook Library
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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