Comments on: No Offense, Jon Stewart– But You’re a Bit of a Coward

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By: brad

brad — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0000

the reason jon is not a coward is because he is not a new journalist. he is simply a comedian. he takes real political and social issues and makes fun of them, bringing truth to light for people. he does not make the news his priority, being funny is. i love jon stewart and his show but most you need to know the difference between what he does and local and national news, not that same thing at all.

By: doowangle

doowangle — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:40:15 +0000

This article is dead on the money, Jon Stewart is untouchable and he knows it. Even on the internet you can’t DARE criticize anything he does without a hundred hate comments. People feverishly rush to defend him and dismiss anyone who points out his missteps as a ‘out of touch conservative’ or ‘foxnews wackjob.’

Yes he is a comedian and a lot of what he does is satire, but it does not end there. He does very real interviews with important people. He has no problems making very real, non-comedy accusations and gives very real non comedy critiques to various public figures. That is the point where his comedy defense goes out the window.

When he is making jokes about a persons looks, speaking gaffs, or outright silliness, that is comedy. When you start attacking public figures policies and ideology, that’s where it stops being comedy only. These public figures that he attacks have every right to give valid criticisms back to Stewart and point out his own hypocrisies.

No matter how much you agree with Stewart or share his frustrations, he is not perfect and should not be immune to scrutiny. No one on TV should. To blindly and angrily defend him from any and all attacks is simply because he shares your same political views is giving in to the ‘party mentality’ that he himself claims to reject.

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By: nicholas

nicholas — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:55:53 +0000

you can love john stewart and still notice that this author is BANG ON THE MONEY. to all those who claim that the article is wrong because john stewart is just a comedian and never claimed to be taken seriously, PLEASE watch his interviews where he ‘tears people apart” and ask yourself “how many jokes has he done in the past 15 minutes?”

time to start putting a more critical eye to someone who, frankly, has turned into somewhat of a sacred cow himself.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:50:45 +0000

LT,

This is more a failure in your expectations from John Stewart, since he has never claimed to be a reporter. He is an a comedian and interviewer at best. He’s just more poignent and thought prevoking with his questions then most of hte late night competition. Perhaps you should re-evaluate your perspectives a bit?

By: Lord Tantrum

Lord Tantrum — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:59:17 +0000

MJ, the thing is, Stewart transcends comedy. He’s a political figure. But unlike most pop-culture icons, he’s somehow immune to criticism. That’s all we’re saying. It’s bizarre that he gets all this glory for humiliating Jim Cramer (not that Cramer didn’t deserve it), but never has to take any risk himself.

By: alex hestan

alex hestan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:55:55 +0000

I agree with the author. it’s just like espn analysts who criticize after the fact. good analysts see things as they happen, when they aren’t obvbious. all stewart does is rip the shit out of people after it’s common knowledge that they screwed up. he takes the populist thing too far. i’m glad someone is saying this

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:09:29 +0000

LT,

I think you are missing the point when you think that a comedy show, on a comedy network has to do the job real news organisations should be doing.

By: Lord Tantrum

Lord Tantrum — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:27:34 +0000

You guys are missing the point. I’ve watched Jon Stewart for years. I know what his show is about. I’ve also seen him go through these public “feuds” with members of the media, and every time, when they question his credibility, he says “I’m a comedy show.” I’d like to see him step out of his criticism-free zone and try to do things right.