Discussion: WATCH: The Jon Stewart Ferguson Segment You've Been Waiting For
@cometboy wrote: 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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@cometboy wrote: 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...
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@cometboy wrote: In case you didn't see it, here's Oliver's take. Also spot on. Read full topic
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@joan59 wrote: 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...
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@lestatdelc wrote: 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...
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@joan59 wrote: Faux is also a powerful political weapon that is aimed straight at the heart of democracy. Intentionally. Read full topic
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@joan59 wrote: 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...
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@joan59 wrote: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ufqeuz/race-off found a link to send to others Read full topic
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@c6Logic wrote: 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...
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@themiddleman wrote: Thank God Jon is on the case!! His rants are sooooooo affective at bringing change. Read full topic
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@smokinthegotp wrote: 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...
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@redstatebluestatewhatever wrote: 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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@ncsteve wrote: 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...
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@baffie2 wrote: 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...
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@Horshu wrote: "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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@Dawn_Rainbow wrote: 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...
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@ncsteve wrote: 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...
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@serendpitoussomnambulist wrote: 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...
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@bradbennett wrote: 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...
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@bradbennett wrote: 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...
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