Jon Stewart "most trusted"

[Cheezy the Wiz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

Sweet Jesus that was amazing.

 

[scherbchen]

I'd give a kidney.

 

[Formaldehyde]

does anyone else get annoyed when you ask someone about their views on something and they give you Jon Stewart's same exact opinion

No, I get annoyed when someone gives me Rush Limbaugh's or Bill O'Reilly's opinions. You know those are the deep thinkers.

 

[IamJohn]

I just like what he did to Jim Cramer. Oh that made my day...

 

[emzie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

So painful yet so perfect.

 

[Joecoolyo]

The Daily Show is the only show I watch regularly. And yes, I'd happily give him anything in my body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

Jon wins again!

 

[Death_Machine]

John Stewart is funny, but Dennis Miller is far far better.

 

[Mise]

I watched the Cramer thing. It was good. But for every half-way intelligent thing he says -- for every really drilling question that gets to the heart of the issue -- there's two dozen flippant comments and rehearsed gags. He's funny, but he's no Jeremy Paxman. Maybe it's cos you guys are stuck with people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly that you think he's a real newscaster

 

[Munch]

Actually I look at the other polls in the OP and Iowa was an anomaly in nearly everyone of them. I assume this was some kind of crappily done internet poll.

There was one in particular, ah this one. Only Iowa prefers Bing to Google, yet Bing gets 58% of the country-wide vote?

Then again, this might just be a symptom of the sorry state of US news in general. If fake news seem to deceive you less than "real" ones, and to actually inform you about what's going on in the world instead of only hitting you with propaganda and "human interest" trash, fake news suddenly become a trusted and reliable source. But I'm sure a lot of people also just appreciate getting their existing opinions confirmed.

Very good description of the situation. It's good to have your opinions confirmed ... but yes if fake news sets out to deceive you less than authentic news, that's pretty sad.

What about people that just like him and his show, but don't want to donate organs? I'm one of those.

A lot of people here seem fairly attached to their innards. But, some still voted for organ donation and this forum poll is legally binding.

Sweet Jesus that was amazing.

Agreed. One of the best displays against left-right 'journalism' I've seen.

I watched the Cramer thing. It was good. But for every half-way intelligent thing he says -- for every really drilling question that gets to the heart of the issue -- there's two dozen flippant comments and rehearsed gags. He's funny, but he's no Jeremy Paxman. Maybe it's cos you guys are stuck with people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly that you think he's a real newscaster

Yes there are rehearsed gags and often they aren't any good. But I can excuse them that - it being a comedy show - and sometimes they are worth it. The unedited Kramer interview was LONG, and for the edited show I think they preferred to select bits with jokes in. Still, presenting a serious interview in a jokey way allows him to raise awareness / get his points across to a wider audience, which a Paxman-approach might preclude.

 

[Mise]

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I really like the show, and think he's a really funny bloke. But I'd sooner compare him to "Bremner, Bird and Fortune" than to an actual news programme. I get the impression though that American news is dominated by these "pundit" types, like Cramer or Limbaugh. So I suppose from an American perspective, Stewart really is a rose among thorns.

 

[Mesousa]

Yes there are rehearsed gags and often they aren't any good. But I can excuse them that - it being a comedy show - and sometimes they are worth it. The unedited Kramer interview was LONG, and for the edited show I think they preferred to select bits with jokes in. Still, presenting a serious interview in a jokey way allows him to raise awareness / get his points across to a wider audience, which a Paxman-approach might preclude.

If every minute of every show would be like the Kramer interview, ratings would regrettably drop dramatically. It's probably better to have a show that stoned kids can enjoy, and have it include really good moments so these get much more exposure than they'd otherwise get. And that many elements of the show are silly doesn't mean they're bad, it's fine if they just entertain instead of enlightening you in some way.

Also, as much as the show and Stewart are out to call people on the nonsense and insanities they utter, and as much as that results in them slaughtering some who can't properly back up their claims and opinions, he is perfectly willing and able to debate with guests whose opinions differ a lot from his own, and offer them fair terms. I found his recent chats with Mike Huckabee quite interesting, for example.

 

[Ayatollah So]

Often he shows clips of statements made now and a year ago which are complete opposites. But although is like shooting fish in a barrel when you have 3 channels doing news 24/7 and a 2 party system intent to use every trick in the book, so there's always lots of material.

It's like shooting fish in a barrel yet none of the major "news" outlets manages to do it. Now that's a crying shame.

 

[Kerozine]

I am a hollow shell of a person and have no opinion.

 

[Formaldehyde]

John Stewart is funny, but Dennis Miller is far far better.

Dennis Miller used to actually be funny until he suddenly turned into a rabid reactionary after 9/11.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-reina/dennis-miller-is-the-joke_b_37544.html

For years now, the Rush Limbaugh set has been telling this joke: "What do you call a liberal who's been mugged? A conservative."

It's a pretty good joke, too, because it says so much about the people who delight in telling it. I don't mean conservatives or Republicans, necessarily, because the punch-line has less to do with politics than with human nature.

No, these joke tellers are merely hypocrites who, whether or not they ever had a selfless thought, can't quite cope with the shame of their own fear, cowardice and selfishness, so they project it onto others. They tell us: We're all out for Number One; only, liberals can't admit it. But what they really mean is: I'd sell out my own brother for a tax rebate; wouldn't you?

These days, the comedian Dennis Miller is a prime mouthpiece for this shabby, "but-at-least-we're-honest-about-it" world view. As a social commentator, the pseudo-intellectual Miller is far more glib and smug than he ever was thoughtful.

Back in the 1980's, he turned what had begun as a sweetly goofy Saturday Night Live "news" segment into an exercise in mean-spiritedness. Then, on nine-eleven, Miller looked down at the wet spot on his pants and discovered not shame but salvation. He would cash in on the country's post-attack hysteria and proclaim himself a reformed liberal. Terrorism, you see, feeds on the muddle-headedness that is all things liberal.

Miller's latest gig is a feature on Fox News Channel called "Real Free Speech" -- a snide, unimaginative and, thus, typically Fox-like takeoff on the misguided CBS Evening News feature, "Free Speech." If there's anything funny about Miller's effort, it's the idea that another one-note, right-wing rant on the Republican house organ run by Roger Ailes and John Moody can call itself, with a straight face, either real or free speech.

Miller's year-end RFS commentary, recently posted on the Fox website, is a case in point, and one which reminds us just how stale and bitter his brand of political satire has become.

In the course of three minutes, Miller fires off no fewer than a dozen rounds, all but one aimed at liberals, Democrats, liberal Democrats, and everything they supposedly stand for, no matter how tired the cliche.

He starts with the discovery of water on Mars -- but there was a "sucker fish" in it, so we're not allowed to study it anymore. If you don't remember the Carter administration, file that under "snail darter," and we'll get back to you. But Miller still finds room for another line about "eco nuts." They are, after all, red meat for the wing nuts who pay Miller's salary.

Then there's Hillary Clinton, who enjoys "the trappings of wealth" without ever having earned a paycheck. Meanwhile, the rest of us might as well turn over all our salary to the state; we'd have a better shot at it as petitioners than as proprietors. Gee, that's fresh.

But, hey, we should be happy to put the Democrats back in power. (RIM SHOT!) No, really. With the media in their pockets, they can get away with those dirty tricks the Bush administration only hoped to use against the "radical Islamists." Like illegally tapping into your "friends and family" phone plan, I suppose.

Miller goes on, rapid-fire, ticking off one right-wing target after another, no matter how far back he has to reach: Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, political correctness, diversity training, and Wall-Mart critics. But it's the two occasions on which Miller wallows in self-loathing, ex-lefty muck that are the most revealing.

Explaining his conversion from liberalism, Miller says, "I wanted to stop my sentences one word short of the word, 'but.' You know, as a liberal, I found myself using the word, 'but,' more frequently than a proctologist filling out his day planner." I guess this is his apology for ever having committed the liberal's most grievous sin: giving actual thought to an issue when, as any real American knows by now, facts just get in the way of good policy. Like attacking a country without a reason or, for that matter, a plan.

Even more revealing, though, is Miller's baleful admission that, "My main reason for being pro-choice is that I am not a fetus that's about to be aborted." It's a line that he apparently has used before, and one which twice serves cynicism's purpose. It falsely suggests a certain cultural open-mindedness on his part while, at the same time, allowing him to bow down in (mock) shame before the political right.

Were Miller a more skillful social commentator -- or comedian, for that matter --we might not even notice his cheap attempt to bring all pro-choicers down with him. But his humor lands with a heavy thud. And I, for one, wonder why Dennis Miller can't see the obvious.

As that pee-stained former liberal who's been mugged, he is the joke. And worse, he isn't even funny.

 

[Rashiminos]

It's a TIME poll...

It's not immune to tampering, unless you really do think moot is the most popular person in human history.

 

[Cutlass]

 

[JohnRM]

All Praise to Allah Jon Stewart.

 

[Aramazd]

It's a TIME poll...

It's not immune to tampering, unless you really do think moot is the most popular person in human history.

Even if it wasn't tampered with, the data is still bad. Online polls have so many issues that they're worthless.

I loled.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Jon Stewart is the only TV show I watch anymore. I watch it religiously.

 

[Warman17]

Yes! Iowa continues its determination to resist the majority. I wonder what makes this so. Check out all the previous polls for yourself.