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I'm talking the tone of the Daily Show. Jim Cramer's hardly the greatest villian to ever grace the show's green room, yet Jon....

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 13 '09, 09:05

...Picks and chooses who he decides to go after more agressively. I'm just saying, if he wants that role (or if he is accepting the role because he feels others won't), then he should also try to be consistent in his "journalism".

Which sounds ridiculous when talking about a comedy show, doesn't it? Which means that the tone should never lift from needling (think Bill Kristol appearances) to the pummeling of last night. It hurts the show's tone and it hurts the show's consistency and it opens them up to hypocrite claims the next time a Jim Cramer-esk player goes on the show and Jon makes yuk yuks during the softball interview.

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Most the "villians" on his show hadn't just trashed him all week -- nm - The Calico Cat Coaliton Mar 13, 09:14
You seem to be hung up on this idea that the DS is just a "comedy" show, when really it isn't. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 09:12 2
- There's nothing wrong with just wanting to be entertained :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 13, 09:24
- It's kind of like when O'Reilly said that TDS/Colbert audiences were nothing but slackers and stoners, right after ratings sweeps. So, Stewart got - Trish Mar 13, 09:22
not every interview needs the same technique. - Reagen Mar 13, 09:07

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