Comments on: Jon Stewart’s trustworthiness no surprise http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-304660 Rob Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:45:02 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-304660 Among the majority of my friends -- liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican -- Stewart is seen as pretty much the ONLY trustworthy commentator on current news. Why? Because, like many of the great comedians for whom politics was their main focus (Will Rogers, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin), busting the balloon of pretentiousness and digging for the truth beneath the lies, spin, and obfuscation of political speech is the core of Stewart's comedy. He's clearly a liberal, yet he takes shots at the left when they deserve them. It's not his fault that the current crop of right-wing loonies (like the "death panel" lady he interviewed last night -- what a buffoon! Seriously, she couldn't have put a post-it to mark the page she was supposed to be commenting on?) makes his job so easy. Among the majority of my friends — liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican — Stewart is seen as pretty much the ONLY trustworthy commentator on current news. Why? Because, like many of the great comedians for whom politics was their main focus (Will Rogers, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin), busting the balloon of pretentiousness and digging for the truth beneath the lies, spin, and obfuscation of political speech is the core of Stewart’s comedy. He’s clearly a liberal, yet he takes shots at the left when they deserve them. It’s not his fault that the current crop of right-wing loonies (like the “death panel” lady he interviewed last night — what a buffoon! Seriously, she couldn’t have put a post-it to mark the page she was supposed to be commenting on?) makes his job so easy.

]]> By: Micah http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-301484 Micah Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:19:32 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-301484 This doesn't mean JS is the most trusted anchor. He is the most trusted of those who took the survey. When you let readers voluntarily take surveys the young crowd has a way of dispersing links and getting word out, which skews the results. If we trusted these types of surveys, Ron Paul would be president right now. This doesn’t mean JS is the most trusted anchor. He is the most trusted of those who took the survey. When you let readers voluntarily take surveys the young crowd has a way of dispersing links and getting word out, which skews the results. If we trusted these types of surveys, Ron Paul would be president right now.

]]> By: Jeff DeChambeau http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-301284 Jeff DeChambeau Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:32:34 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-301284 Thems be fightin' words, Ormond! Thems be fightin’ words, Ormond!

]]> By: ormond http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-301283 ormond Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:30:58 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-301283 So...being funny, half-truth stories, and softball questions = trusted? What a shame...Daily Show and Colbert is just the American Idol of news. So…being funny, half-truth stories, and softball questions = trusted?

What a shame…Daily Show and Colbert is just the American Idol of news.

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]]> By: Mike Dover http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-301072 Mike Dover Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:20:20 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-301072 And sadly, here is their divorce http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1918152 And sadly, here is their divorce

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1918152

]]> By: David Blankenship http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/31/jon-stewarts-trustworthiness-no-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-300967 David Blankenship Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:24:33 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4376#comment-300967 JS tells us the news like no other. Thanks for the article. David Blankenship www.twitter.com/fullspeed_ahead JS tells us the news like no other. Thanks for the article.

David Blankenship http://www.twitter.com/fullspeed_ahead

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