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23 Jun 2009 06:38 pm
The MSM And The Daily Show
A reader writes:
Your criticism of cable news has been particularly
apt as events unfold in Iran, but last evening, I was really struck by The Daily
Show's unique-- perhaps symbiotic-- relationship with the cable news
networks. Recently, Jon Stewart has been rather critical of cable news--
all anti-Obama all the time on Fox, the Rush Limbaugh obsession of MSNBC's
evening lineup, Starbucks sponsorship of Morning Joe, and CNN begging viewers to
email/text/twitter/vote/
facebook... Yet, last evening I watched
part of Campbell Brown's interview with Jason Jones, who had just returned from
Tehran. When I tuned in to MSNBC to watch Rachel Maddow, I caught the end
of Keith Olbermann's interview with John Hodgman.
Finally, The Daily Show
presented interviews Jason Jones conducted during his visit to Tehran--
interviews with three men, former foreign minister Ebrahim
Yazdi, cleric Mohammad Ali Abtahi, and Newsweek's Maziar Bahari, all
of whom have since been arrested. As a follow-up, Jon Stewart interviewed
Ebrahim Yazdi's son, who offered some personal insight. Jones interviews
from Tehran were standard Daily Show fare, but the interview with Yazdi's son
was more sober. Nonetheless, The Daily Show managed to provide access to
compelling and notable figures, and Campbell Brown and Keith Olbermann managed
to provide access to The Daily Show...
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