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Originally posted by JiriHrdina@Oct 16 2004, 07:01 AM
Interesting stuff. I think what really got Stewart going is when journalists try to suggest that he and his show have some sort of obligation similar to what they do. As Stewart has maintained for a long time - he's in the business of making people laugh.
Frankly I think he made a lot of great points.
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I think Stewart is right in saying he has a show that's in the business of making people laugh.
But Tucker Carlson was probably getting tough with him because polls demonstrate a fair chunk of the population actually prefers to get its news from sources like Stewart's and we've seen on this very board the assertion that Stewart asks the tough questions the mainstream media won't, implying the public is gifting Stewart with something more than a comedy platform.
You can clearly see from Stewart's Kerry interview he can lob softballs as well as anyone.
That's probably the reason Tucker Carlson was going after Stewart, to clear the air on that particular discrepancy, right or wrong, to define exactly how Stewart should be perceived.
Cowperson