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[boredJonathan]

Yeah, I had seen both parts of the Ted Kopel interview that happend during the RNC. It was cool, because you couldn't quite tell what the hell was going on. John Stewart was being serious, and here was Ted Kopel employing a bit of the dry humour. The end of that transcript from the link above, IIRC, was pretty much just deadpan from Kopel.

 

[Dan]

CNN's posted a Hollywood Reporter article on Jon Stewart's recent serious criticism of the media:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/19/television.stewart.reut/index.html

Commentary: Jon Stewart gets serious
'Daily Show' host expressing his opinions

By Paul J. Gough
The Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Posted: 1:58 PM EDT (1758 GMT)

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -- It may be a funny role for a man who anchors a "fake" newscast, but Jon Stewart seems to be channeling H.L. Mencken these days, casting himself as a fierce critic of the journalism establishment that he skewers so mercilessly on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

On Stewart's watch, "The Daily Show" has taken political satire to a new level, so much so that the satirical descendant of David Frost's "That Was the Week That Was" has the power to make news, as it did when presidential candidate John Kerry agreed to be interviewed by an anchor who undoubtedly has more sway with the average 18- to 34-year-old than Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather combined.

But as Election Day draws near, Stewart has come out from behind the desk to share some of his earnest opinions about the state of the media today.

Voicing an argument he road-tested a day earlier at an event sponsored in midtown Manhattan by the Newhouse School of Public Communications, the journalism school at Syracuse University, Stewart took a surprisingly aggressive stance in his appearance on CNN's "Crossfire," telling the hosts that the CNN mainstay basically just brings in a hack from the left, a hack from the right, lets them fight, and calls it a day.

In his appearance Thursday, Stewart suggested that the Fox News Channel model could be applied to a new cable news channel that wouldn't be perceived partisan one way or the other. This channel, in Stewart's eyes, would be feisty, unwavering and committed to truth.

"Why not create a news organization that isn't liberal but credible?" he asked.

I don't watch Fox News, so I'm not exactly sure what's supposed to be so great about their model...

I'm gonna look around and see if there's a transcript of his Syracuse speech.

 

[Socreges]

The FOX News "model" is an extreme right approach that intends to balance the supposed liberal media.

 

[GG-Duo]

Check out the Charlie Rose interview. He wants the Fox model, but instead of focusing on the news with conservative fervor, he is suggesting that you should have one that is focused on credibility. All of the passion, but none of the spin.

 

[Dan]

The FOX News "model" is an extreme right approach that intends to balance the supposed liberal media.

I know that much. So all he's saying is that he wants a credible station to balance out the incredible? I was assuming he was talking more about their model of programming than the overall big picture, but then, I don't know much about Fox News other than the conservative viewpoint.

Edit: Okay, gotcha.

 

[Pimpwerx]

I'm grabbing the torrent right now. I saw the Daily Show, and I've never seen Jon Stewart rip someone like that before. So I figured the interview must be good. This is the first I saw of this thread, so I totally missed it the first time. Stewart is the man though. He calls it like he sees it. He's not always sharp, but apparently he was en fuego that day. He hates Novak (with good reason), but I didn't know he had it against Carlson. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a Tucker Carlson fanboy. I think he's the only worthwhile voice on Crossfire. I think he's on a mess of a show with hyeenas and has to act the fool sometimes, but when your competition is Begala and Carville, what do you expect? Their method of debate consists of talking over the other person. That's not debate. I think Carlson can give some real good points, and he apparently owned at Jeopardy. He's always seemed to be pretty level-headed in every interview I've seen of him. But it seems Stewart called him out and owned his ass, so I gotta see this. But otherwise, I think Carlson is pretty cool. Come on, the dude wears a gay ass bowtie everyday. That's worth at least some style points. :lol PEACE.

EDIT: Thanks for the link to the torrent. Yup, Stewart owned their asses, and they talked around him, evading his points. It's so funny that a fake news show has more credibility than most, if not all the network cable shows. On CNN, I can really only stomach Lou Dobbs, and forget about MSNBC and FOX. I'll stick to the News Hour for my news. My family thinks it's dreadfully boring, but that's what real news is sometimes. Stewart hit the nail on the head. News stations are running far too much op-ed and partisan squabbles and ignoring the pressing issues like Social Security, healthcare and other issues that these candidates need to talk about. Begala and Carlson were totally exposed today. I wish Novak was there too so Jon coulda chewed his ass up. He really doesn't like that guy, and Novak would be a lamb to the slaughter. Anyway, I guess he won't be back on there anytime soon. Good to know I've been watching the right "news" show all this time though. Jon Stewart +100.