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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala [on this particular show].
From the Corner (apologies to Gatti, who I already sent this to):
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Haven't seen or heard this show yet, but I wouldn't be shocked by it.
TDS (and, by extension, Stewart) is currently the recipient of far more fame, adulation and attention than they could possibly live up to. Stewart's ostensible point -- which has some merit, though it's already been made elsewhere -- is that mainstream media are powerfully lazy, and that he considers putting up 2 opposing viewpoints and letting them scream at each other, without any other input whatsoever, intellectually dishonest.
Making the point as part of a TDS set-piece is funny, sometimes very much so.
Making the point on a darkened Charlie Rose set is fine as far as navel-gazing goes, though really it'll appeal only to us overeducated hippie liberal types.
Going on Crossfire and calling the journalists
on that show lazy, stupid dickheads? Yeah, I can see how that would sound sanctimonious, and probably wouldn't go over very well.
