Did Jon Stewart ruin his career with the Crossfire performance?

[sventvkg]

What do you think?

[indie_voter]

1. No n/t

[skylarmae]

21. wait - he will get awards for this performance - put them in their place

and much more. Let them know (with his cute one-raised eyebrow leer)
we are out here and know their gig, how they run it and the damage it is doing to our Country. I don't know, maybe 'the honesty award in journalistic broadcasting.

[movonne]

Probably not!!!!

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. You're kidding, right?

nt

[NMDemDist2]

3. ROFL you're kidding right?

more people watch TDSWJS in one day than XFire gets in a month

[randr]

4. He told the truth and pulled the curtain aside!

Hurray for John. Showed no fear in the lions den.

[sventvkg]

8. oh I totally agree!! It was outstanding!!!! Just wondering if corporate

TV will skewer him for being honest...I think it was one of the most outstanding things I have seen in TV in recent memory and Jon is a true patriot for doing it/

[Misunderestimator]

11. Who cares... he works for Comedy Central... this will only IMPROVE

their ratings.

[Misunderestimator]

5. LOL... given the audience reaction with their laughter and cheers

EXTREMELY doubtful. Why do you ask?

[JimmyJazz]

18. I agree totally - he is everywhere - on magazine covers, news shows...

his career is going nowhere but up!


BTW - good morning, dear (and i still have your picture :P)

:hi:

[Misunderestimator]

27. LOL... good morning

now put that tongue back in your mouth :D :hi:

[Sterling]

46. And hacks like the crossliar gang are going out of fashion quick.

not that they were ever really in fashion. Stewart reaches people who don't usually watch news and he tells the truth.

[Trajan]

6. Where the hell do you get that ? ...

Sheeesh ... some people .....

[southern democrat]

7. I'd hate like hell to think he has.

Jon Stewart is a true American patriot. He will get more veiwers from this.

[lefty_mcduff]

9. No. Probably get invited back to Crossfire...

..they'll know that a Stewart appearance will jack their ratings, and Bowtie Boy can try to recover his dignity.

[nostamj]

30. IF he goes back on Crossfire, he must

WEAR A BOWTIE!

and then thank _ucker for helping him tie it!

[Lefty48197]

51. I think Letterman invited Cher back after she called him an an asshole

So I guess it wouldn't be unprecedented for the dick to invite Jon back.

[Quadrajet]

10. On the contrary.

I think that this brought him into the limelight as someone who actually cares about the direction of this country AND the responsibilty of the media. Much more so than Paul Begala and Cucker Farlson.

I was very proud of him for not lambasting the Bush administration, but holding shows like Crossfire and it's ilk responsible for the sorry state of politics these days.

The fact that both Begala and Carlson were trying to change the subject shows me just how right Jon was.

[southern democrat]

14. I agree totally!

[Generic Other]

12. He spoke truth to men who have lied for 4 years!

If being an honest man in America is a crime, our jails would be empty.

One's integrity should be worth more than one's means of earning a living.

[MSgt213]

13. What? How is this even the remotes of possibilities?

[DODI]

15. I believe this elevated his career. I think he said what a lot of

people have been thinking. I usually cringe when he is being interviewed. He never comes off well to me. I now believe that is because he is always holding back. He did not do that yesterday. When Kerry wins in November I think Stewart will deserve some of the credit. He is the only one out there in TV land saying what needs to be said on a regular basis.

[terrya]

16. Hell, no. Of course not.

He's more of a hero now in people's eyes. Do you think there's this huge resevoir of affection for Tucker Carlson? :-)

[JimmyJazz]

26. Good morning, but I thought you were away

and, in the spririt of non-high jacking: NO, this face isn't going anywhere for a long time!

[terrya]

33. Not on the weekends. I don't go into work on the weekends.

I'm at home, warding off a CHILLY day today. :-)

[Was_Immer]

17. Ya its all over. He'll be selling pencils on the street corner now

Just kidding. What a freaky question!

[splat]

20. Mothers call up worrying about things like that n/t

[Kahuna]

19. No.

Crossfire and CNN are not as important as they think they are.

[havocmom]

Since the sites with the video where so busy I couldn't see it...

Seriously doubt he ruined his career. Might even have launced a new one. Am thinking a lot of people would love to vote for a guy with the balls to call a dick a dick on national TV :thumbsup:

At the very least, his share of viewers probably jumps considerably now.

[iamjoy]

22. The Only Concern

Is that some people might not want to go on his show 'cos they think they'll get ripped to shreds. But if that is true, why do people still go on O'Reilly? Besides, I think with Stewart he has this thing about always being nice to his guests, even when he asks tough questions. I mean, unlike some of the other political talk hosts, he never really rips into them. Stewart know his facts well and is prepared to question any partisan talking point that smells funny. And when some one smart comes on who has some statistics to back up the rhetoric (and Stewart can't counter) Stewart just smiles and acknoledges his guest's preparedness.

[sventvkg]

23. Obviously we all thought it was great but what about Media Bosses?

Ya know, the Right Wing partisan Hacks that run it?

[annabanana]

31. sven m'dear.......

Where ARE you?

[sventvkg]

35. outside of Anchorage AK..Eagle River.

:)

[readmylips]

24. I didn't watch...tell us what Jon said...

please.

[JimmyJazz]

29. He held their feet to the fire about the responsibility of the media

and the spin involved in promoting one side at the expense of another.

Tucker Carlson was being a jerk to him about the questions he asked John Kerry and as they were going to commercial break, Jon Stewart turned to him and said, "you're as big a DICK on your show as you are on others people's." Or something similar...

[RapidCreek]

25. If anything he enhanced it.

He gets ratings....ratings make money....those who make money have
a very secure future in the media.

RC

[K8-EEE]

28. He Became My Idol With The Crossfire Appearance

I'm sure I'm not alone. I will write him and thanks him for speaking out against the Screaming Talking Heads phenom....I'm good and sick of it myself.

[dogtag]

32. The media thugs will try to ramp up the

"his audience is a bunch of stoned slackers" meme, but it doesn't wash. In my extended family, TDS is watched by every generation. If I miss a show, I can call my eighteen year old niece OR my eighty-six year old aunt!

It won't hurt Jon's career, but it will strike fear in the hearts of the media whores. Is their jig up?

[BootinUp]

34. He is arguably the most popular comedian in America

today. The Comedy Channel loves the attention. I can't see how this would hurt him. He didn't say anything that most Americans don't agree with. Go back and listen to the audience reactions. They applauded Jon several times. And were enthused that somebody could tell the truth for once.

[sventvkg]

37. I Agree!!! I loved every second of it.

[TxGran]

36. Never get to be Court Jester

at the court of King George.

[Quadrajet]

38. I wonder...

I wonder if this could open the door for Jon to someday have his own political (non-comedy) type show? Kind of like Keith Olberman did when he went from sportscasting (ESPN) to MSNBC.

It would be interesting to see what he could do when he's serious.

[tjdee]

39. What a silly question.

It's sad that in today's America telling the truth may mean your career is over.

Actually, I think Jon Stewart went into the stratosphere with that.

[No2W2004]

40. no way,

He made very valid points. When Carlson tried to tell Stuart The Daily Show was in the same "league" (ie "hard" news programs) he reminded Carlson that The Daily Show's lead in was "puppets making phone calls."

Tucker kept trying to paint TDS in the same light as "Meet the Press", and Stewart calmly kept swatting him away.

It was really refreshing to see Tucker go into full yelling mode and see Jon Stewart sit there and calmly say that shows like crossfire are harming America.

It was also great to see Jon call Tucker a dick. :D

[belle]

41. I think he entered a new phase of it, but it could be for the better

He does need to be very grounded and strong; he definitely has some enemies now, I'd say. But what the hell: whatever he may have lost in approval from the PTB, he more than made up in karma.

[Sterling]

47. Yes he did lay down the guantlet I think.

I think it was his coming out to the corpo whores who have been chatting him up lately that he still thinks they suck even though they are fawning over him right now.

I think he made a decision that if he did not call them out he was enabling them like many people even on DU do without even thinking about it.

All the Cable news hacks have been trying to name check him and the show to apeal to his audience which is much bigger than theirs. They are on the way out and know it.

[H2O Man]

42. Not at all. Just the opposite.

He raised the bar. Comedy has often been hard-hitting in its approach to politics. He had the balls to confront the media, and he did it to two of the top journalists in the business.

[henslee]

43. He might have ruined his Crossfire career but with the ratings he

will get if he ever showed up again, I'd say no. Those CNN money whores would love to have him. Jon could have dropped his drawers and soiled Tucker's desk and bowtie boy would've still been kissing his ass.

[leesa]

44. Funny.

[Must_B_Free]

45. No - Harvey Pekar came back bigger after he exposed the thing

on Letterman.

[AlCzervik]

48. If you mean something like....

"You'll never work in this town again Stewart." or "Jon Stewart really lost it on Crossfire." then i say no on both counts. Jon did what many of us have been dying to do, call the mediawhores out for what they really are. I think if anything this will hit home with many, many people. I'm thrilled that he used his own popularity on behalf of all of us. Go Jon Go!

[TexasSissy]

49. He'll make it through, but someone will go after him.

He was rude to the hosts of a CNN show. Some will not take kindly to that. They will go after him. But I think he'll make it through.

[Lefty48197]

50. Stewart for President

He's obviously one of the very few that has the nuts to tell the truth.

[otohara]

52. Uh - NO! Gained Respect

or should I say more respect.