Bless Jon Stewart. It's so refreshing to see someone accurately describe how things actually are in the US' utterly batshit political/media landscape.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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It's easy to forget how fucking good John Stewart is. A while back I watched some of his shows from the 2000s on police brutality, climate change, real pertinent issues like that, and it's palpable how accurately he gets to what's really going on (which isn't a real big priority for most of the news) and how much it frustrates him the general poor state of the news in the US.
I absolutely loved having him go on Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson and have big arguments with them. It's like for a weird little moment, the US had some journalism in its mainstream political discourse.
My landlord is a 9/11 first responder firefighter. Jon Stewart is the reason Congress passed support for the breathing problems he’ll have for the rest of his life as a result of saving lives that day.
Your landlord is Steve Buscemi?
I wish. Turns out there was more than one firefighter on 9/11.
That makes sense. I guess you would want at least one firefighter per tower.
I don’t know. I’m pretty sure Buscemi could’ve kept an eye on both.
John Stewart is Tucker's supervillain origin story
He stopped wearing bow ties that week, and never has again. Stewart clearly cut him deep.
That episode should be required for all Americans. ALL Americans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE
That was so powerful it killed the program.
I'd put this as close second for required viewing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs
No. America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore.