Does anyone else find Jon Stewart unbearable since Obama got elected?

[GameOn]

He's basically like CNN now. He rarely takes stances and is hell bent on trying to be this figure in the middle and even give credibility to some of the repubs' idiotic talking points.

[PeaceNikki]

1. No.

And... bullshit. Stewart's been PLENTY critical of Obama.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. with plenty of reason, too.

[robdogbucky]

59. Does anyone else find DU unbearable since Obama got elected? n/t

[JuniperLea]

62. Touche!

;)

[slackmaster]

2. No, but I've found Rachel Maddow unbearable

:shrug:

[shraby]

4. What do you find unbearable about Rachel Maddow?

[slackmaster]

7. Her schtick is always "OOOOH, look what this nasty Republican/Conservative/etc. did!"

It quickly bores me to the point of changing channels.

[emulatorloo]

15. Well, nobody else is covering Republican nastiness. Media mostly covering for them.

[Deep13]

21. Well, they keep doing nasty shit.

Someone has to say so.

[niyad]

30. so you have a problem with the truth being pointed out? many times, she is the ONLY one talking

about some horrible situation or other, the ONLY one connecting all the dots. disheartening, disquieting, disturbing, yes, but completely necessary

[cliffordu]

33. Yep, exactly.

[slackmaster]

48. Don't be silly. I have no problem with someone pointing out the obvious.

I just find it tedious.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

41. I don't understand. Why does that bore you? The Corporate Media is in love with Republicans.

We need to put forth the other side.

What do you want her to do? Bash Obama and Democrats day in and day out like we do here on DU? That gets boring and tiresome, and she has done so from time to time.

Rachel is fair in that she cuts down Obama and the Democrats when they're being cowardly. She cuts down Republicans when they are cruel and disgustingly corrupt and hypocritical.

[slackmaster]

49. I'd rather watch something educational, or truly humorous.

Personal taste.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

52. I'm curious. Like what? n/t

[slackmaster]

54. I usually watch science shows, nature, historical documentaries

TV that teaches me things that I don't already know.

I know that career politicians are amoral, greedy, self-serving hypocrites.

[Dollface]

47. So apparently you missed her coverage of the Japan disaster, the Gulf

oil spill or any other major news story that only gets talking points from the MSM. She was the first one to call out Michigan's governor. She actually does research and digs deeper into stories than anyone on the air. She does call out conservatives on their BS when they need it. Also, when she invites conservatives on her show she actually lets them talk and then offers rebuttals. She doesn't talk over or ridicule her guests. She admits when they make a good point and when she had made a mistake. SHould she ignore republican/conservative lies and spin? Not sure what you expect of her.

[JuniperLea]

63. How can something so novel...

So completely beyond the realm of normalcy, so shockingly refreshing and new, bore you?

Harrumph... apparently...

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I don't get the chance to watch him very regularly, but the...

snippets I have seen have pretty much been riddled with Obama zingers.

[GameOn]

8. Exactly. Sometimes it seems he goes out of his way to zing him to make republicans smile. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

27. Hate to say it, but every time I've seen Jon take a jab at Obama...

I've agreed he deserved it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

45. Wanting to prove that he's not liberal to appease his Republican guests and get them on his show.

The cake for me was and still is his moral equivalency. The left is NOT equivalent to the right. The fact that his explanation to Rachel about what he went that route didn't make any sense to me at all. Jon didn't know what he was talking about. In his quest to appear neutral, he went overboard, likening both sides. The left hasn't come anywhere near the rigt in terms of civility and vitrolic fervor. The left doesn't have an equivalent of the Teabaggers. For Jon to make that statement still pisses me off with him.

[MedicalAdmin]

56. I prefer Bill Maher.

His repub guest pretty much know they are going to be bent over a barrel and gang banged. And he doesn't seem to have problems getting them to come on.

Stewart, since his million milktoast march has been like a diet of tepid toast with tea.

[bullwinkle428]

61. False argument - JS got PLENTY of RW guests on his show

all throughout the Shrub administration, when he was beating the shit out of him every night!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

67. Problem is, however, that he treats his wingnut guests with kid gloves.

There has been a change since that administration. Now, he's too careful. Look, he nearly kissed the feet of Glenn Beck.

And, I'm sorry. His lame-ass explanation for why he characterized the left and the right as being morally equivalent was a complete and utter turn-off. So that's what I did: I turned his ass off!

[GameOn]

70. That Rumsfeld interview was embarrassing. Then compare it to Goolsbee or other Dems. NT

[Dollface]

51. His job is to make fun of political foolishness and hypocrisy. Sadly, the President and his party

are not immune from the foibles of politicians.

[NightWatcher]

6. unbearable when they point out the more wars, more torture, more economic misery?

they are not the ones responsible.

Dont shoot the messenger

[underseasurveyor]

9. Nope

Love Love Love Jon Stewart!

Sorry that your comedy bone is broken :nopity:

[Whisp]

10. I don't watch him any more.

I supported that big rally he had with Colbert, and I thought it was great fun watching it.

But somewhere along the line Jon started really bugging my arse. he's still funny and clever and all that, but I think he's kind of skeevy or something now.

He is different, like he has a bit of an odour to him. Strange. I guess maybe it's because he's bandwagoning and jumping on board with criticizing Obama in some of the same lame ways I see here and am just fed up with uninformed stupidity. Not saying Jon is stupid, but surely he knows some of the schtick he does is just outright lies but I guess he needs the reaction or something and goes with it anyway.

[meow mix]

11. yep.

definently agree k&r

[LynneSin]

12. Jon Stewart's job is not to rally the democratic crowds. He's a comedy show

and he'll make fun of whomever is in the White House regardless of party or person.

[GameOn]

13. It's not just about Obama. Bill Maher criticizes Obama, but he lays into republicans. He

actually calls them morons and not try to get them to like him. He invites them on his show and continues to bash them.

Maher>>>>Stewart

[rubberducky]

18. + 1

Love Stewart!

[LynneSin]

43. If anything I respect Stewart & Colbert more because they are equal opportunity with their shows

Cable news could learn alot from them with being fair & balanced.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

73. He could have made a real difference and taken a side. But he would rather keep making millions

sitting on the fence.

[dennis4868]

14. I agree....

at times he is intellectually dishonest so that he can get a laugh or 2 from the audience.....

[Deep13]

16. *delete* double post

[sinkingfeeling]

17. No. He's a comic.

[Deep13]

19. Not really.

I've been annoyed at times by what I view as the false equivalency between left and right rhetoric and once or twice he seemed to give credence to a RW guest's idiotic point of view. Generally, however, he's pretty barbed even when trying to be civil.

[Shagbark Hickory]

20. He's the most trusted name in news. He's not supposed to take stances. And for that reason, I learn

more about what's going on in the world from his show than I ever did watching cnn or msnbs.

[GameOn]

22. The most trusted name in news? LOL. We're fucked then. nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

29. You don't find that you learn more from watchin his program than you do watching charlie sheen on

cnn and car chases on msnBS?

[FSogol]

39. :facepalm:

:shrug:

[MedicalAdmin]

64. First of all MSNBC and CNN are shit.

Second of all, if you want to learn what is going on in the world don't watch JS either. Try the guardian or AL Jazeera. Or the BBC or CBC.


There is no fuctional news in the US. None.

[Shagbark Hickory]

71. I do. nt

[MedicalAdmin]

74. WhoooooHooooooo.

Did you take the red pill or the blue pill?

[JVS]

23. Only when he climbs up onto his sanctimonious sanity/civility high horse.

[SoCalDem]

24. Jon Stewart is an equal-opportunity "needler".

He always has been.. Many people do not realize that his show pretty much came about during the Bush years, and bush was SO bad, it's easy to see why we would think that he's "on our side", BUT, as a satirist his JOB is to skewer politicians..and when "our side" has questionable things happening, he cannot ignore them.

Deep down, by his guest-choices, we know he desperately wants democrats to succeed, but he's not FoxNews, and will never drink the koolaid on the air & spout party line nonsense..

[tridim]

25. Not unbearable, but he has definitely lost some of his edge.

I watch about half as much as I used to.

[hlthe2b]

26. He's a comedian.... doing what comedians do...

:shrug:

[Schema Thing]

28. Colbert and Maher seem to be more connected to reality than Stewart

Republicans really DO deserve the lion's share of satire.

[Deep13]

66. Colbert is a fucking riot.

I really don't know how he does it. His show is so-o-o over the top, but it is so clever that it works.

[Goblinmonger]

31. So it's only funny when it's against "them"?

He made it clear he would satirize whomever is in office. Unfortunately, the Dems have provided plenty of opportunities for him to do so.

[Harmony Blue]

37. I have to agree

Jon tells it like it is as comedians usually don't have any boundaries. :)

[UTUSN]

32. K&R #1. "in the middle." He lost me with his apres-BecKKK rally

and finally exposed his Third Way namby pamby crap. But looking back, I should have seen the sign when he pulled his Crossfire sucker punch. At least on Crossfire, there was somebody on the Lib side being aggressive and breathing Lib FIRE.

Oddly, when I thought he was a Lib, I only watched brief clips of his eviscerating wingnuts because I've never liked echo chamber figures, prefer to listen critically to enemies. From the news media, I've never wanted "a Lib network" the way wingnuts want to hear only their own propaganda on Faux, I've only griped about not having a level playing field because I'm confident that in an even contest the Lib side will easily prevail.

But since he exposed his namby pamby middle, I don't even watch clips.

[ladjf]

34. He is a comedy genius. But, he is taking himself too seriously

as an expert on politics. I don't think that he is helping Americans with his smug, easy to toss,
and inaccurate views of the current political situation.

[City Lights]

35. Nope.

It's one thing to find Jon Stewart "unbearable." It's quite another to state that "he's basically like CNN now."

:eyes: and unrec for absurdity.

[truebrit71]

36. He lost me when he compared KO to the bullshit that passes as news on Fux...

..not even remotely close...epic fail..but we all seem to forget he is a comedian...NOT a journo..

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[Bluenorthwest]

40. He is a comic. If he is 'like CNN' the punch line is CNN is 'news'

and he's a comedian. One of the prime dynamics of comedy involves status, and the higher the status, the better the target. The stronger the target, the better the jokes. Anyone in a high office, anyone, is going to be lampooned by comedians. That is the nature of the work.

[Iggo]

42. Nope.

[fishwax]

44. no. n/t

[GodlessBiker]

46. Nope, not at all.

[Maine-ah]

50. nope.

:hi:

[Dappleganger]

53. Not at all.

He was pretty damn good last night, too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. No

[joeybee12]

57. Not. At. All. nt

[NeedleCast]

58. Nope, if anything, I find him to be better than ever

Jon's job isn't to take up the torch of liberal talking points, it's to run a fake news program and make people laugh.

To quote Jon Stewart, "I'm not your monkey."

[TheKentuckian]

60. Not unbearable at all but the must watch factor has gone since the Third Way Rally for

For False Equivalence.

[JuniperLea]

65. Your concern is duly noted... eom

[deaniac21]

68. The guy is a comedic genius and is just as good as he ever was.

A lot of people just can't stand it when it's their ox being gored.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

69. I love Jon.

I've been watching him since he first took over TDS back in the day. He is a first rate satirist.

Sorry you can't handle his T.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

72. He treats Obama like he's no different than Bush.

He's gone from a liberal facade, to an independent "dems and repugs are both bad" facade.