On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon Steward isn't a politician and definitely not a leftist. He's > basically a political cartoonist (as he has said) with all the > implications of that term. Political cartoonists often contradict > themselves, just because the cartoons are cute.
Don't you mean satirist rather than cartoonist? You are absolutely right that he and others like Colbert, contradict themselves all the time. They get away with it by claiming a Comedian's License, but I think this is a good thing. They will not be very effective otherwise. I also think the criticism of Stewart is misplaced. He provides a useful service. As does Michael Moore. But don't expect them to lead the revolution. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
