It has become so routine that we expect it as part of the mainstream media landscape: A serious, highly prestigious media outlet devotes laudatory attention to the Comedy Central television program "The Daily Show," and just about every journalist nods in agreement.
The latest big instance came in the mid-month Sunday edition of The New York Times. The spread took up the equivalent of more than two full broadsheet pages, starting with a color photo of Jon Stewart that filled ...
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Posted by: steve dix
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:40 PM
What you have perhaps missed is that speaking truth to power has long been within the province of the court jester. Presdient Bush is loathe to have on in the White House, but John Stewart and Steven Colbert are filling the position admirably.
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Posted by: George
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:08 PM
Mr Soloman: Brilliant. Thank you.
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Posted by: Dennis
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:21 AM
If the mainstream media wants real respect, let them earn it. For the past seven years plus, that media has done nothing but dodge the issues and whimper over why it hasn't held the Bush/Cheney administration to accountability.
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