Richard Tafoya
06-20-2011, 01:40 PM
Long Island Press: http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/06/20/stewart-media-is-lazy-but-fox-news-is-worse/
The main topic of discussion was the media, but the following are the highlights:
Wallace notes that Stewart has referred to Fox News as “a propaganda delivery system,” and then asks Stewart, “Where do you come up with this stuff?” Stewart simply smiles and replies “It’s actually quite easy when you feel it. You gotta feel it in your soul.”
Wallace then begins to question Stewart if he would say the same about ABC, CBS, or the NYT? Stewart shakes his head and responds, “I think Fox News is much more reactive.” Though he thinks “MSNBC is attempting to be a more activist organization.”
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At another point in the interview Wallace asks, why did the NYT and Washington Post asked readers to review Palin’s emails, but then did not ask anyone to read Obama’s 2,000-page health care bill? Stewart answers, “I think their bias is towards sensationalism and laziness. I wouldn’t say its towards the liberal agenda. If your suggestion is that they’re restlessly partisan, then why haven’t they gone and backed away from Weiner? They jumped into the Weiner pool with such delight and such relish, because the bias of the mainstream media is towards sensationalism, conflict, and laziness.”
“The embarrassment,” admits Stewart, “is that I’m given credibility in this world because of the disappointment that the public has in what the news media does.” Wallace contradicts Stewart’s statement, “I think our viewers think ‘Finally, we’re getting somebody who tells the other side of the story.’” “But Fox viewers are the most consistently misinformed media viewers,” Stewart reiterates, “Consistently.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWDpeI9Pnjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0gyC0oRxc
The main topic of discussion was the media, but the following are the highlights:
Wallace notes that Stewart has referred to Fox News as “a propaganda delivery system,” and then asks Stewart, “Where do you come up with this stuff?” Stewart simply smiles and replies “It’s actually quite easy when you feel it. You gotta feel it in your soul.”
Wallace then begins to question Stewart if he would say the same about ABC, CBS, or the NYT? Stewart shakes his head and responds, “I think Fox News is much more reactive.” Though he thinks “MSNBC is attempting to be a more activist organization.”
...
At another point in the interview Wallace asks, why did the NYT and Washington Post asked readers to review Palin’s emails, but then did not ask anyone to read Obama’s 2,000-page health care bill? Stewart answers, “I think their bias is towards sensationalism and laziness. I wouldn’t say its towards the liberal agenda. If your suggestion is that they’re restlessly partisan, then why haven’t they gone and backed away from Weiner? They jumped into the Weiner pool with such delight and such relish, because the bias of the mainstream media is towards sensationalism, conflict, and laziness.”
“The embarrassment,” admits Stewart, “is that I’m given credibility in this world because of the disappointment that the public has in what the news media does.” Wallace contradicts Stewart’s statement, “I think our viewers think ‘Finally, we’re getting somebody who tells the other side of the story.’” “But Fox viewers are the most consistently misinformed media viewers,” Stewart reiterates, “Consistently.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWDpeI9Pnjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0gyC0oRxc