Discussion: WATCH: The Jon Stewart Ferguson Segment You've Been Waiting For
Between Stewart and Oliver’s two takes on this I can’t think of anything left to cover. They should be required viewing for everyone. Read full topic
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He is most definitely in that mold, though he isn’t the reporter some of those others were (not meant as a dig, that’s not what his show does). However is important to understand that our Murrow HAS...
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In case you didn’t see it, here’s Oliver’s take. Also spot on. Read full topic
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Happened to see 30 seconds of O’Reilly last night because my hubby has been monitoring it (brave man; I’ll have to monitor him now). I have never seen such open racial hatred on a human face as Billo...
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I truly do agree with most of what you say here, but I will make a sematic quibble about the term “white privilege”. It is a fundamentally false phrase. Not being discriminated against, not being...
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Faux is also a powerful political weapon that is aimed straight at the heart of democracy. Intentionally. Read full topic
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Yes, much as I viewers are manipulated, Faux viewers seem to LIKE what they hear, or at least be unable to pick up on the meanness behind the reasonable-sounding bigotries and casual meanness. Faux...
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Comedy Central The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Trevor Noah and The Daily Show correspondents tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. found a link to send to others Read full topic
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Everything that Fox does is a form of seduction. Call them a Fox Fatalle. Some of us that live in a reality basis are immune to their bullshit, are actually deeply and profoundly offended by it. But...
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Thank God Jon is on the case!! His rants are sooooooo affective at bringing change. Read full topic
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TheyAllStink16: It would definitely make it edgy. It would also mean that no newsmaker or pundit worth his/her salt would ever appear on the show again, which would not solve its ratings woes. Like...
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Oh yes, I have been waiting for this. I don’t know what to think until I hear from Jon Stewart. Read full topic
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So, basically, you’re saying you want the FCC regulatory scheme that existed in this country from the advent of radio broadcasting until the 1980s when Reagan appointees redefined “serve the public...
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I feel for you Plucky because I think your generation honestly thought things would be getting better. Having lived through as much stuff in this country as I have, I’ve never wasted a thought that...
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“Imagine how f*cking exhausting it is living it.” And imagine how much worse it would be if you couldn’t take a week-long vacation every few months. Read full topic
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I have to admit I’m very impressed with all the comments on here. Honorable mentions to Plucky, lestatdelc, Matten, c6logic and most others replying on this thread see the pathetic FAUX BILLO BS for...
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The thing is, the current younger generation of white kids–the kids in their teens and twenties, seem to be fully bought in to the notion that “racism” means “noticing race.” And yay for them, I hope...
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The piece by Jon Stewart was well thought through, carefully researched. It was very effective yet very very funny. Let us not forget that the last Senate Majority leader that the Republicans had was...
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I’m not sure I agree with that. Can you provide me an example of a “really intelligent conservative” in the public sphere? Because I have not seen any example of that in years, if ever. There are...
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Well said. The real problem in this country is not racism (though it’s certainly ever present in many areas) - it’s class. Unless we do something about that, the youngsters are going to be severely...
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Yes, NCSteve, you are right on so many points, but the racism is so embedded in the culture, it is not going anywhere soon, if at all. Your narrative reminds me so much of Lillian Hellman’s “Killers...
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I always thought intention preceded ideology, rather than ideology forming what we believe. Now I don’t know. Perhaps it’s a feedback loop, that chokes out other perspectives. Faux and reactionary...
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So I checked “white privilege” out and ran across some interesting things. It seems obvious that what we call privilege is the birthright that others are denied. Perceiving it that way elevates the...
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Yep, this is why we bother with the comments, for the insight, real insight, brought by many different minds. And insight is what thinking people, even dim bulbs like me, need to understand what the...
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Oh, yeah, we do forget how creepy the old “moderate” fellows really were. Read full topic
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