Jon Stewart on 60 Minutes

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I thought this deserved its own thread. Jon Stewart’s supposed to be on 60 Minutes tonight. Should be interesting. hmm, 60 minutes and interesting in the same sentence, amazing!
-Lil

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I, for one, will most definitely be tuning in.

On a related note, I caught an hour-long C-SPAN “American Perspectives” on which he appeared last night (10/23, although the video displayed a date of 10/14/04). He made his point much better and more forcefully than on his Crossfire appearance. (I’d give a link, but navigating the C-SPAN website is horrendous; perhaps it’ll be rebroadcast?)

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Sadly, the interview was filmed BEFORE his great performance on Crossfire so there won’t be any comments from him about it.

And as an aside, between that Crossfire appearance and his speech/confession/what-ever-you-call-it after 9/11, he’s my personal hero.

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Thanks for the heads up. I never watch 60 Minutes so I would have missed it.

Too bad Stewart’s TV and radio appearance schedule isn’t posted somewhere. I missed the Crossfire and CNN thing too, dammit. :slight_smile:

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I remember his first 60 minutes appearance about four years ago, shortly after the Republican convention. He made a point about how the media goes on and on about how the conventions don’t mean anything, they’re just pitching a product, etc. He said “Well, you’re here." Good point. What are they doing there if it means so little??”

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As did I. However, as one blogger wrote, there are about a gazillion places that have it for free to download. Here’s the easiest one.
http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2652831

Great, great clip. Jon worked like a trencherman to get his points across but to no avail, thereby proving his point anyway.

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Thanks, wonder9.

That was good, and they did have a Crossfire clip.

I don’t watch 60 Minutes enough to know if they’re guilty of some of the things Stewart skewers. Did he miss an opportunity or is 60 Minutes undeserving of skewering?

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I only caught the last 1/3rd or so. Any highlights from the bit worth noting?

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I only caught the last bit too, but it was great when the 60 Minutes man said that they don’t have a slogan, to which John replied, “Yes you do - ‘May cause drowsiness.’”