On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I won't. Jon Stewart can't have it both ways. Whenever O'Reilly > attacks Daily Show, Stewart is quick to point out the absurdity of > doing so, claiming O'Reilly considers himself a news man and Stewart > is just a comic. Putting them together puts them both on the same > playing field. If O'Reilly and Olbermann wanted to debate, that would > make more since as the two both suffer from the delusion they are > journalists. But this debate either elevates one guy or minimizes one > guy, and I can't quite tell who. > I will watch. I think the opposite of Kevin - this does not undermine Stewart's claim to be a comedian, it undermines O'Reilly's claim to be serious. As has been clear for some time now, the reason conservatives have been unsuccessful in getting a political comedy program going is that their supposedly serious political programs serve the same function for them as TDS does for liberals. Fox News already acknowledges most of their popular programs are not really news shows; if they went just one step further and labeled them as comedy programs I might even start watching them. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
