Jon Stewart points finger at media

politico ^ | 10/30/10 | JAMES HOHMANN & MARIN COGAN

[Nachum]

Jon Stewart has met the enemy, and it's the media.

The Comedy Central comedian and "Daily Show" host walked a fine line between politics and humor Saturday as he gathered tens of thousands on the National Mall for his "Rally to Restore Sanity."

Expectations for what Stewart had dubbed his "million moderate march" ranged from the hope of left-leaning groups that the rally would spark the youth vote ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections to the desire for many attendees to enjoy an afternoon of pointed satire inspired by Fox News' Glenn Beck's massive rally two months ago to "restore honor."

For most of the rally, Stewart and his comedic foil Stephen Colbert deftly remained half a step away from becoming serious on the stage at the opposite end of the Mall from the Lincoln Memorial steps where Beck spoke — until the end, when Stewart aimed his wrath directly at the 24-hour Washington media establishment, saying it "did not cause our problems. But its existence makes solving them that much harder."

[Baynative]

I’ve seen several articles on this “event”, but none with pictures showing the “tens of thousands”.

[Seven plus One]

Jon Stewart is the media. This event was merely a very large, very expensive TV show. Shallow, supercilious, or from another thread, flippant. And those very same Hitler signs appeared at a small protest in Joliet, Illinois a few weeks ago. They, and the dopes carrying them, disappeared into a democrat congresswoman's office when the antics were finished. She isn't saying anything, and the media isn't asking. Not even Stewart. They do appear to be an approved democrat communication device. Just like this 'rally'.

[BobP]

With or without his writers, Jon always was a little puss.

[libs_kma]

"I’ve seen several articles on this “event”, but none with pictures showing the “tens of thousands”."

I haven't been able to find any pictures either.

Which, knowing what I know about the knee pad media, means that the crowd was so much smaller than the Glen Beck crowd that they are not going to show them.

[4rcane]

[RetSignman]

[SuziQ]

This event was merely a very large, very expensive TV show. Shallow, supercilious, or from another thread, flippant.

Colbert and Daily admitted that in a press conference after the event. They kept referring to 'the show', when they spoke of the day's events. It was simply a combination "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report", but with a live audience.