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I've watched The Daily Show from other hemisphere, growing up. Really love the dude. But please, he returned from retirement just to lambast a presidential cand

by exo762 10y ago

I've watched The Daily Show from other hemisphere, growing up. Really love the dude. But please, he returned from retirement just to lambast a presidential candidate! Reducing his whole carrier of awesomeness to nothing more than being an agent of influence, media hitman for hire! And nowhere in his mind were the "let the people decide, they are not cattle". Yeah, he is charming, smart, did a lot of great things. But during those few months of presidential campaign he lost all moral weight he had in my eyes. Trump is garbage candidate. Hillary is to blame you have him. In Trump vs Bernie race Trump would had a really hard time.

hash-set 10y ago
The Daily Show was never anything but conservative hate given legitimacy by being "comedy." It was a form of political attack that could be denied since it is comedic.
- Retra 10y ago
  I think the term you're looking for is "satire." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire >Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.
pcwalton 10y ago
> And nowhere in his mind were the "let the people decide, they are not cattle". Yeah, he is charming, smart, did a lot of great things. But during those few months of presidential campaign he lost all moral weight he had in my eyes. Yes, how dare he share his opinion of a presidential candidate!
- exo762 10y ago
  How what he was doing is different from propaganda? Unless you are implying that propaganda is not something immoral. After all its just sharing his opinion.
  - pcwalton 10y ago
    I'm not particularly interested in debating whether Jon Stewart's analysis of the dynamics underlying the election are accurate or not (though I happen to think they're fairly insightful). The point is that he shared his honest opinion, without intent to mislead. There's nothing morally wrong with that.

by exo762 10y ago

hash-set 10y ago

The Daily Show was never anything but conservative hate given legitimacy by being "comedy." It was a form of political attack that could be denied since it is comedic.

Retra 10y ago
I think the term you're looking for is "satire." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire >Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.

pcwalton 10y ago

> And nowhere in his mind were the "let the people decide, they are not cattle". Yeah, he is charming, smart, did a lot of great things. But during those few months of presidential campaign he lost all moral weight he had in my eyes. Yes, how dare he share his opinion of a presidential candidate!

exo762 10y ago
How what he was doing is different from propaganda? Unless you are implying that propaganda is not something immoral. After all its just sharing his opinion.
- pcwalton 10y ago
  I'm not particularly interested in debating whether Jon Stewart's analysis of the dynamics underlying the election are accurate or not (though I happen to think they're fairly insightful). The point is that he shared his honest opinion, without intent to mislead. There's nothing morally wrong with that.