Can the regular media do as well as Jon Stewart vs. McCain?

[ProfessorPlum]

Run time: 03:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDy3Mehds2Q   Posted on YouTube: March 10, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 10, 2008 By DU Member: ProfessorPlum Views on DU: 699

 
I DOUBT IT.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. WOW.

Jon Stewart has more guts than the entire MSM combined. I also think this is a sign that McCain will get chewed up in the debates, so long as our Dem candidate can put it to him in the same way Stewart did.

HUGE K&R on this one. I'm sorry I missed it when it was originally on.

[rjx]

9. Tim Russert also sticks it to mccain

[Hulk]

2. And then we get the wet rags...the MSM who refuse to ask this old fart anything of substance...

I sure as hell hope that once the primaries are over, that the MSM will grow some balls and begin to ask some of the tough questions. To this date....NONE have those balls...cept maybe KO and JS.

[sasha031]

4. not with McCain they won't

the mythical maverick, besides if they if they ever asked a tough question, they wouldn't be invited to his weekly barbecue.

[BelgianMadCow]

3. He is better than all of the news networks combined

all by himself.

In a comedy show for cying out loud...

Recommended.
bmc

[tom_paine]

7. That is typical of totalitarian nations as we are rapidly becoming.

Only comedy shows can tell the truth or ask hard questions under comedy's guise.

In Putin's Russa, Bush's Amerika, and Communist China, "news" organizations are little more than love-fests for the powerful.

[BelgianMadCow]

13. Yes, only one news channel, repackaged to give the illusion of choice

[Apollo11]

5. This interview is from April 24th last year

The video and audio quality is better if you watch on The Daily Show website.

John McCain starts off the interview by saying that he just came back from Baghdad, and he brought Jon Stewart a gift - it's an IED to put under his desk! :o Twisted.

You can watch the whole interview here:

Part 1: www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=85762

Part 2: www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=85843

That same episode of The Daily Show (April 24, 2007) includes the classic bit where Jon Stewart compares Harry Reid with "my drunk uncle McFeely-Hands" ;-)

Here it is: www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=85760

Plus the amazing "debate" between the Bush Jr. of 2007 and first-term Bush Jr.

Here it is: www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=85841

[Voice for Peace]

11. Thanks

appreciate the links.

[jimlup]

6. Here Here!

Thanks for posting. Jon Stewart isn't afraid of real questions like the rest of the sheep media.

[bjobotts]

8. Candidates should not be allowed to wine and dine the press. Barbecues too

[Voice for Peace]

10. "almost criminal"

Jon's being kind here.

[hwmnbn]

12. In a word, NO...

First of all, Jon is smarter and more intellectually curious. Comedy depends on seeing things from a different perspective. He has the brains to take apart a politician's argument and the balls to confront him with it.

[Divine Discontent]

14. I hate youtube takes down interviews at direct request, that involve people who want to govern us

I can understand segments that are just him, or skits, but ones involving questions posed about the gov't, should be left on... thankfully, someone else loaded links to the full interview, above...

THANKS