http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/22/tonights-daily-show Comments On: Tonight's Daily Show by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
It's not the shows fault, it's not Jon's fault...I'm impressed that they had the guy on, knowing the gravity of the situation.
Posted by kmac]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:20:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by pointy]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:16:24 -0700 The Stranger
But the misstep at the beginning of the interview with the son was just terrible -- this guy is worried that his father is going to be indefinitely imprisoned or tortured or executed, and Jon's making light of it? He did recover somewhat, but still... Like Violet, I'm not at all opposed to joking about serious things (and I think that TDS typically does an excellent job with this), but last night was a no go for me.
Posted by Julie in Eugene]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:01:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by pffft]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:03:14 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Violet_DaGrinder]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:58:34 -0700 The Stranger
The same goes for the Jason Jones segments. The fact that they did this with the Daily Show a week ago just highlights the sadness of the situation, and they didn't make light of it so much as juxtaposed how fucked up the situation is over there to our perceptions of it even a week ago.

Being able to use humor to highlight how depressing things are is one of the hardest skills in comedy, and I think Jon Stewart and crew managed to pull it off well. Certainly much better than the grumps here are making it out to be.
Posted by pointy]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:48:52 -0700 The Stranger Posted by kim in portland]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:18:19 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:04:01 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:03:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Bub]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:54 -0700 The Stranger Posted by cranky]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:53:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Dan Savage]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:49:23 -0700 The Stranger
But I will forgive The Daily Show their occasional honest mistake. Still miles better than all the others.

Posted by C from Mass.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:41:41 -0700 The Stranger Posted by spoiler alert]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:27:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Pepper St. Tort Reform]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:24:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by sirkowski]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:06:31 -0700 The Stranger
Also, no offense to his actual guest (I did not watch that interview), but I think he should have been bumped and the son given more time. It could have been done graciously ("look, we'd love for you to come back, but this is an ongoing situation and we need to get the word out now"). I feel that that was the worst oversight of all...
Posted by Jen D]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:59:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Teresa]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:55:47 -0700 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:43:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Dave M]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:42:36 -0700 The Stranger
Jon Stewart has dropped the ball on important issues before. Anyone else remember his horribly uninformed interview with Jeremy Scahill regarding Blackwater?

But he's so often spot on that I tend to forgive the blunders.
Posted by jade]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:22:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:15:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by sadini]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:57:01 -0700 The Stranger Posted by bklyn]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:21:25 -0700 The Stranger
They will all die.

Oh, make a joke, take it lightly. Ask silly ugly American questions.
Posted by Mike from 19th Ave.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:29:04 -0700 The Stranger