Jay Rosen comments on Rachel Maddow's interview with Jon Stewart

My impressions of what was really going on in the hour-long interview Rachel Maddow did with Jon Stewart after Stewart's Rally for Sanity in Washington, DC was, in his view, misinterpreted by some.

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[dcoch2000]

Yes, yes! Stewart WAS inarticulate, because he was out of his realm. And debating a PhD on Public Policy probably didn't help. To me he came across as someone trying a little too hard to be an intellectual. And to say that Fox News (Faux News?) isn't partisan was THE funniest moment! The phony news organization owned by Rupert Murdoch and run by Roger Ailes (Reagan's Karl Rove), is nothing more than a political extension of the neo-con movement which came to life with the Reagan campaign.

[rssytube]

Jon Stewart has an audience just like CNN and Fox. It's impossible to say what he means without determining who the audience is. His audience is not sitting in the studio in front of him. He's way past them.

Jon Stewart once called Harry S. Truman a war criminal. That was the only time - that I know of - when he spoke to his real "audience" openly. When he says "corrupt" he's talking about the system not journalism. He is talking about the country not CNN.

He is echoing his real audience.

[mjchmiel]

it was an incomprehensible interview and it permanently affected the way I interpret stewart ever since.

[Samshile]

They need to get with Michelle Malkin and leave GE at the door.

[Samshile]

JOn Stewart, Maher and Maddow are the least qualifed to take a stand. They make thier money with fake arguments or little tiny snotty points of view. They sell advertisement only for snarkey adults. MSNBS is like watching WWF. I dont see an opposite at Fox. Different product. This dood thinks we need a professional referee to uphold the truth. The truth starts with my doing my own research and folks turning the TV off on the fakes. Govmet corruption.

[thesurfingviolinist]

Tweeted this already, but just to expand. Lo-fi is the way to go with these vlogs. 1) It will scale (less time, less hassle in production-content gets focus). 2) It works (see @nigahiga, @RayWilliamJohnson, @Fred, @ShaneDawsonTV). 3) It encourages sources to go direct ("If Jay's video looks crappy, then maybe I can do that, too). 4) Undermines the church of the savvy's pretentious use of extravagant production value to insulate themselves from "the masses."

[bucasas]

@dcoch2000 leave america then. it wasnt made for the weak like you.

[sk8bow]

@drOffset

more conflict, more drama, more attention? capitalism is crazy.

[drOffset]

@sk8bow If you can find a way for mass media to make as much money bringing people together as they do pushing conflict then they might consider it. :)

[sk8bow]

@drOffset

yes, he want's a safe area to perch on. who can blame him? it's a crazy world and why bother dealing with the bs being in the spotlight of seriousness?

in the end, the media isn't exactly a good representation of the u.s. opinion. we would rather stick to common ground than to constantly focus on differing views and to remind us 24/7 of those differences.

why in the world is the media like this? can't it just let us relax and bring us together?

[rheographics]

I know exactly what he was talking about. He was spot on.