Jon Stewart: the man, the myth, the institutionJon Stewart is a hero of the American left, a charismatic self-deprecating journalist-comedian opposed to extreme politicians and pundits. Esquire’s Tom Junod dismantles the Stewart brand.
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Stewart on the Arizona shooting: “you can’t out-smart crazy”
Jon Stewart discusses whether provocative language incited the Arizona shooting in a nuanced The Daily Show speech, refuting simple cause and effect and imploring commentators not to dumb complex issues down.
Rundle’s mid-terms: the rally for sanity, by design, a long way from revolution
It was exciting, it was wild, it was a mad carnival — and, it has to be said, something of a fizzer. The Rally to Restore Sanity may have done just that — which is hardly a revolution, reports Guy Rundle from Washington DC.
Sane or crazy? Colbert and Stewart rally in DC
Crikey Media Wrap: From a distance it would have looked like a collection of costumed crazies singing, dancing and carrying on in insane unison, though the purpose of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity was to advocate rationality.
The many faces of Jon Stewart
During Jon Stewart’s interview with Barack Obama on The Daily Show the left-leaning comedian ventured much further than straight comedy. Everybody knows Stewart is a liberal, but where does his comedy end and his political advocacy begin?
Video of the Day: You’re going to the rally, you’re going to the rally!
Stephen Colbert joins Jon Stewart to chat up the upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity (and Colbert’s alternative Rally to Keep Fear Alive — now merged into the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear) and gets joined by a certain talkshow queen notorious for giving out free things to her audience…
VIDEO: Rally to restore sanity
With all the Tea Party madness — including Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally — recently in the States, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart is fighting back with his own rally: the Rally to Restore Sanity.
Showmanship and politics: Jon Stewart’s influence on America
After the ripe for parody presidency of George W. Bush, some American commentators predicted comics like Jon Stewart would struggle for material. But Stewart’s savvy shtick remains a powerful mass media force in the US, according to a new profile from New York Magazine.
VIDEO: Jon Stewart weighs in on the leaked iPhone saga
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart discusses the leaked Apple iPhone/Gizmodo controversy: wasn’t Microsoft supposed to be the evil one?
Jon Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly: uncensored
Fox News has put the full, unedited clip of Jon Stewart’s appearance on the O’Reilly Factor. Gawker rounds up everything that was cut out of the version you got to see.
10 things I learned as a guest on The Daily Show
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Following his recent appearance on the program, journalist Ethan Watters spills a few backstage secrets.
Hannity: Jon Stewart was right, we faked footage
Fox News anchor Sean Hannity has admitted to using misleading footage of an anti-health care reform rally which made the event look far more popular than it actually was, but claims it was an honest mistake.
Jon Stewart the Middle East peace maker
Last Wednesday night, that beacon of witty politics, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, aired a rather controversial interview between an Israeli and a Jewish American. Which was just a bit for some media writers to bear.
Jon Stewart: Fox is “not even close to news”
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart weighs-in on the ongoing stoush between the White House and Fox News, and the network’s own claim that they only broadcast nine hours of actual news per day.
Video of the Day: Jon Stewart interviews Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton talks Obama, healthcare reform and going 007 in North Korea in this full, unedited version of his interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Video of the Day: Jon Stewart grills “death panel” activist
Jon Stewart absolutely hammers Betsy McCaughey, the originator of the “death panel” controversy — which equates end-of-life planning with government-ordered euthanasia — on The Daily Show.
VIDEO: Does The Daily Show choose humour over accuracy?
Is a humour-news hybrid show like The Daily Show’s first responsibility to generate laughter or accurate news? CNN’s Reliable Sources segment ponders the question.
Video of the Day: Fox News: the new liberals?
Lately Fox News have been complaining about the president, defending protesters and Damning The Man. Are they, gasp, the new liberals?
Liberals turn on Obama: no you can’t
Liberal backlash against Barack Obama is growing in the US, with even commentators like Jon Stewart and Ezra Klein, coming out in opposition to Obama’s health care reform dealings. The main issue? Obama is giving away too much to Republicans.
Why neocons love Jon Stewart
Comedian-cum-political commentator Jon Stewart may be a rusted-on leftie, but he’s a intelligent one who favours discourse over cheap digs. New York Mag explains why the conservative commentators are lining up for a chance to match wits with the liberal pin-up boy.
Future of journalism: Jon Stewart with journalists?
How does a show a la Jon’s Stewart’s Daily Show with real journalists sound? That’s what NPR’s Ira Glass is proposing as the future of the journalism: real news using real language.
Dear Jon Stewart: change your name
In an open letter to Jon Stewart, Ron Rosenbaum urges the Jewish comedian to change his surname back to ‘Leibowitz’, calling his current moniker a “faint but unnecessary relic of anti-Semitism”.
Media Matters / Thursday, 12 November 2009
Fox News presenter Sean Hannity has been caught out airing misleading footage during a story about an anti-health care reform rally to make the event look far more successful than it actually was. The investigative reporter with the scoop? The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.