Olbermann ‘beyond satarizing’
Peter Wehner points to the Jon Stewart mocking of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann over Olbermann’s outlandish, over-the-top (even for MSNBC) comments on Scott Brown:
Stewart is clever and funny, as he usually is; but what is most revealing is that Stewart, in attempting to lampoon Olbermann, comes across as far more sane and balanced than Olbermann does [...]
"Real" Journalism
Anita Dunn, architect of the administration’s “Fox isn’t a real news network” strategy, has singled out one person who does “amazing…journalism.” Who is that? Comedian Jon Stewart.
Of course, to be fair to Ms. Dunn, she may have inferred from the fact that Stewart isn’t funny that he was trying to be a serious [...]
More Media Follies
What follows is a column adducing still more evidence of the
trivial nature of the contemporary American news media.
The other morning I was lying in bed recovering from minor
surgery, my body heaving off the residual effects of a powerful
anesthetic, Proposal. Believe me it is a powerful [...]
Newsweek, Around the Bend
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham has announced that he wants to turn the magazine into a journal of liberal opinion with a smaller circulation. I’m not sure that readers will be able to tell the difference between the Newsweek of recent years and the forthcoming “journal of liberal opinion,” but to the extent they notice [...]
Best Late Night Jokes Of The Week: Oprah, Torture Memos, Burgers, And More! (VIDEO)
Jon Stewart marveled at the media coverage of Obama eating a hamburger this week. In a segment called “Where’s the Chief” Stewart clocked the amount of time MSNBC spent talking about potato puffs and tip jars. It came in just over five minutes.
Colbert, on the other hand, decried Obama’s release of Bush’s torture memos saying:
“Terrorists [...]
