Sunday, April 5, 2009

Stop Hiding Stewart


The portrayal of the FOX news network is extremely unfair. It is a relentless attack from all angles, whether it be from its rivals on television, newspapers, or entertainment. What is so wrong about presenting the news in a different way, a way that is more hesitant and skeptical of everything the "Anointed One" does or says? The reason that FOX gets such a bad rap is because all of the other media outlets are so far left and biased in the opposite direction of FOX, that they collectively gang up on and try to discredit an alternative view point. I recently saw Bill O'Rielly as a guest on David Letterman's Late Show, only to watch Mr. O'Rielly be verbally abused for his opinions and his show. Who is David Letterman to call out a Harvard graduate and say that his show is awful and his ideas stupid? This is only one instance of many in which conservative spokesmen are being disrespected and degraded everywhere. What really infuriates me is the fact that liberals get these conservatives on their show, give them a thorough tongue lashing with their audience cheering every step of the way and only allow their guests brief moments to respond before continuing, never fully giving them a chance to defend themselves and their ideas. On the off chance that conservatives are given an opportunity to present their case, make good points and show people that they are not the evil, not the cynical men and women they are made out to be but are actually intellectuals who want to engage in a stimulating debate and argue the points, the host cowardly steps back and says "I'm just a comedian, I can't be taken seriously." (Yes I am talking about you Jon Stewart)! You are like that tiny twerp who takes his jab and then hides behind his big brother because he can't take the retaliation. Mr. Stewart, you are an intelligent man, everyone knows it, why than are you so afraid to engage in an actual intellectual discussion with an exchange of viewpoints instead of a barrage of attacks and assumptions and then say "well don't argue with me I am just a comedian"? Sir, you are a coward! If you are so confident that you are right and that the ideas you stand for are correct, why do you continue to hide behind the curtain of comicality and ludicrousness?

2 comments:

  1. Stewart has chosen to be a toadie of the popular media. I'm sure that his producers and his advertisers want him to spout the rhetoric that he bleats out. I wonder how much of it he actually believes and how much of it is merely pandering to the people who pay the bills.

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  2. Perhaps the most offensive thing about Jon Stewart: his horrendous interview of Bruce Springsteen. (brucespringsteen.net)

    The Boss looked like Jon Stewart tried to make out with him back stage.

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