Jon Stewart is Leaving The Daily Show

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Unduly critical?

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinion...iberalism.html

Who cares what Al Jeering thinks? The writer seems overly impressed with himself.

[bobabode]

Great show tonight. Arby's offered Jon a job.
In other news Gov. Brownback in Kansas removed job protections from LGBT employees.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Stewart himself said he was losing his edge, "This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host, and neither do you." I've watched nearly every episode of The Daily Show for the past dozen years, and it has become clear in the past year or two that he is starting to lose his edge, and sometimes even his sense of humor, about the current state of our political affairs. It's understandable after over 15 years at the helm.

Horseshit. It's understandable due to the current state of our political affairs. Stewart is a powerful and on point as ever. Maybe he said he's losing his edge, maybe he didn't, maybe he's bored. Maybe he's the voice required since Colbert rarely did much beyond cheap satire at the expense of guests who as often as not looked miffed by the end of those segments.

[BlueStreak]

Maybe he's just bored with it and wants to move on to something else?

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Maybe he's just bored with it and wants to move on to something else?

Sounds right to me. But I don't think he's lost a step. Far and away still the best comedic political commentary on the TeeVee. I guess my beef with Colbert was that he was doing political satire, which was funny no doubt.

Actually, as I'm writing this I'm thinking that they are two utterly different formats. Colbert - political/cultural satire, Stewart - comedic political commentary.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Maybe he's just bored with it and wants to move on to something else?

That's exactly what he said.

John

http://video.vulture.com/video/Jon-S...ewell-Announce

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Who cares what Al Jeering thinks? The writer seems overly impressed with himself.

Discounting Arab/Israeli issues Aljazeera has some very well written articles.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Discounting Arab/Israeli issues Aljazeera has some very well written articles.

True that. Just commenting on that article. I do admit that I'm a bit skeptical of them considering it's owned by a king/sheik.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by bobabode

True that. Just commenting on that article. I do admit that I'm a bit skeptical of them considering it's owned by a king/sheik.

I'm a bit skeptical considering the apologistics coming out of Al Jazeera regarding the recent Paris terrorist activities. Implying that France was asking for it because of something Sarkozy said about Islam three years ago and that the French allow cartoons of the prophet, and that the French knew what the response to the cartoons would be, so it's their own fault. That Al Jazeera?