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Blame Fox News for the necessity and utility of Jon Stewart at the moment the 2003 Iraq war transistioned from suspicion to fact. So now we have the Alt Right
by twineiggen 8y ago
Blame Fox News for the necessity and utility of Jon Stewart at the moment the 2003 Iraq war transistioned from suspicion to fact.
So now we have the Alt Right as the counter point to this manner of discourse. It’s the bizarro Jon Stewart, so what next?
Most of this is simple Newtonian action/reaction. Insult, then retaliation. I’m not sure what guided adaptation will bring about, as we move through the next volley.
- BeetleB 8y ago>Blame Fox News for the necessity and utility of Jon Stewart at the moment the 2003 Iraq war transistioned from suspicion to fact. This is ridiculous. I was a news junkie around that time, and pretty much all the TV news outlets in the US were uncritical of the war, and dissenting voices were barely given any air time. Jon Stewart would have been as relevant had Fox News not existed at the time. I'll probably get in trouble for mentioning it, as people seem to have strong opinions on the matter, but the Peter Arnett episode, in my mind, highlights how unwilling any major news outlet was in seriously questioning the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett#Interview_in_Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett#Interview_in_Iraq Also, MSNBC's canceling of Donahue due to Phil Donahue's opposition to the war.