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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLOYOLA BIOETHICIST CALLS JON STEWART 'OUR GREATEST PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL'
http://www.loyolamedicine.org/News/News_Releases/news_release_detail.cfm?var_news_release_id=973441704[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif]March 01, 2012 - For Immediate Release
[font size=5]LOYOLA BIOETHICIST CALLS JON STEWART 'OUR GREATEST PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL' [/font]
[font size=3]MAYWOOD, Ill. -- In an article in the American Journal of Bioethics, a Loyola bioethicist is calling political satirist Jon Stewart "our greatest public intellectual. This is no joke."
Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, writes that Stewart "has emerged as our voice of sanity in a sea of insanity in a new media age with its ephemeral nature and lack of substance." Parsi is an associate professor in the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
Parsi explains that a public intellectual is seriously committed to ideas and discourse. He or she may be an academic, although journalists, policymakers and even politicians can play the role.
Parsi notes that Stewart invites a variety of writers, artists and intellectuals to discuss their work on "The Daily Show," which he hosts on Comedy Central. In doing so, Stewart has taken on the mantle of a public intellectual himself.
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[font size=5]LOYOLA BIOETHICIST CALLS JON STEWART 'OUR GREATEST PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL' [/font]
[font size=3]MAYWOOD, Ill. -- In an article in the American Journal of Bioethics, a Loyola bioethicist is calling political satirist Jon Stewart "our greatest public intellectual. This is no joke."
Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, writes that Stewart "has emerged as our voice of sanity in a sea of insanity in a new media age with its ephemeral nature and lack of substance." Parsi is an associate professor in the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
Parsi explains that a public intellectual is seriously committed to ideas and discourse. He or she may be an academic, although journalists, policymakers and even politicians can play the role.
Parsi notes that Stewart invites a variety of writers, artists and intellectuals to discuss their work on "The Daily Show," which he hosts on Comedy Central. In doing so, Stewart has taken on the mantle of a public intellectual himself.
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LOYOLA BIOETHICIST CALLS JON STEWART 'OUR GREATEST PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL' (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Mar 2012
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AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)1. I second that.
randome
(34,845 posts)2. I don't know.
He's got serious competition from Colbert for that spot.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)4. From the Press Release
Stewart and his colleague Stephen Colbert "have created a space where serious writers can discuss their works in front of a fairly large audience."
Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)3. Between Jon Stewart and Rachel...
.. I would love to see them both together on a show.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)5. Put a Winger between 'em, and the swithboard at the Humane Society will be lighting up. nt
qb
(5,924 posts)6. I am impressed by his intelligent interview style. He puts "serious" news anchors to shame.