me: >> 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.
raghu: > Don't you mean satirist rather than cartoonist? I was quoting him, but it doesn't matter which word we use. He's like a court jester. In olden days, I am told, the court jester could insult the king and get away with it (unlike everyone else). Similarly, Stewart can tell some truth now and then that the official media can't and won't. (That "truth" is constrained by his ideology, of course.) -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
