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REG861 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 1:17 am to Jcorye1)
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This times a billion. He'll go for the throat on a crippled Tony Snow, but the second he thinks he'll lose a debate it's the "Woah now, I'm just a comedian".
He's an intellectual lightweight. God, to think we've gone from Gore Vidal to this
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RCDfan1950 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 8:05 am to Wishnitwas1998)
Leftist hack...along with Mahrer and Colbert. Talented though. Although it don't take a lot to make a Lib laugh...when the joke is about a Conservative.
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LSUfanalways
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 8:56 am to hawkster)
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Like their hero, they are good at delivering speeches prepared for them by more talented writers. And like their hero, even when dealing with an admiring and cooperative interview partner, their biases and failures become much more evident.
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VOR 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 9:59 am to Lsut81)
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he has an audience that actual takes his show as a legitimate source of their news
That is overstated crap spewed by his detractors.
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VOR
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:01 am to hawkster)
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Like their hero, they are good at delivering speeches prepared for them by more talented writers.
While they do have a writing staff (as does every single talk show host and politician), Stewart and Colbert still write a significant part of their material.
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BBONDS25
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:02 am to VOR)
You have a read on the thoughts of college kids? The ones that may or may not treat his program as news...
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Jbird 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:05 am to VOR)
BFD
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SpartyGator 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:05 am to Wishnitwas1998)
I've never been a fan of his, TBH.
This post was edited on 2/16 at 10:06 am
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Bestbank Tiger 
Tulane Fan
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:06 am to VOR)
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That is overstated crap spewed by his detractors.
There really are people who think he's a legitimate news source. And I'm an occasional viewer, not a detractor.
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Lsupimp
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:07 am to Wishnitwas1998)
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I will admit that I am a conservative
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but not a dumbass conservative
Seeing "conservatives" issue squirrely disclaimers for their conservatism tells you everything you need to know about who is winning the culture.
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
33621 posts
| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:10 am to BBONDS25)
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You have a read on the thoughts of college kids? The ones that may or may not treat his program as news...
Enough.
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Bestbank Tiger
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:12 am to Lsupimp)
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Seeing "conservatives" issue squirrely disclaimers for their conservatism tells you everything you need to know about who is winning the culture.
I'd argue exactly the opposite. It shows conservatives are intellectually honest enough to admit that there are some morons on their own side. Can't say the same for liberals.
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Projectpat 
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:13 am to DEANintheYAY)
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He is a comedian not a commentator...I mean he is on Comedy Central.
Thanks for proving my point.
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:15 am to Bestbank Tiger)
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There really are people who think he's a legitimate news source. And I'm an occasional viewer, not a detractor.
I'm sure you could find some. You can always find people who miss the point with satire. But I assure you that's a very small part of the viewers.
And, btw, I actually could make the argument that his show is a legitimate source of information during the interview segments.
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Projectpat
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:17 am to VOR)
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You can always find people who miss the point with satire.
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And, btw, I actually could make the argument that his show is a legitimate source of information during the interview segments.
SEE!!
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Jbird
Iowa Fan
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:18 am to Bestbank Tiger)
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There really are people who think he's a legitimate news source
Jon Stewart, Comedy Central's star faux newsman, has been voted America's most trusted newscaster according to a poll conducted by Time Magazine.
LINK
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Lsut81
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:21 am to VOR)
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That is overstated crap spewed by his detractors.
You were saying?
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Well, in a result that he will probably accept as downright apocalyptic for America, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has been selected, in an online poll conducted by Time Magazine, as America's Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite. Matched up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Stewart prevailed with 44 percent of the vote.
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:22 am to Projectpat)
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Projectpat
Have you watched his interviews of politicians, business people, etc? Are you not capable of gaining any information from those interviews?
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:23 am to Jbird)
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according to a poll conducted by Time Magazine.
Dude, it was an online poll. Jesus.
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Jbird
Iowa Fan
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Member since Oct 2012
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| re: Opinion on Jon Stewart (Posted on 2/16/13 at 10:24 am to VOR)
Dude no shit?
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