An excerpt from _America: the Book_

[dvandom]

Y'know, if the Crossfire guys had read this page, they wouldn't have been at all surprised when Stewart snarked at them.

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Chapter 7

The Media: Democracy's Guardian Angel

A free and independent press is essential to the health of a functioning democracy. It serves to inform the voting public on matters relevant to its well-being. Why they've stopped doing that is a mystery. I mean, 300 camera crews outside a courthouse to see what Kobe Bryant is wearing when the judge sets his hearing date, while false information used to send our country to war goes unchecked? What the fuck happened? These spineless cowards in the press have finally gone too far. They have violated a trust. "Was the president successful in convincing the country?" Who gives a shit? Why not tell us if what he said was true? And the excuses. My God, the excuses! "Hey, we just give the people what they want." "What can we do, this administration is secretive." "But the last season of Friends really is news." The unmitigated gall of these weak-willed...You're supposed to be helping us, you indecent piles of shit! I...fuck it. Just fuck it....

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Chapter 7 starts again on the next page, apologizing for the "false start". Oh, and the text above is opposite a full page still from Network, the "I'm as mad as hell" bit.

Comments

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

I suppose I would be more impressed by his saying this if Matt Drudge hadn't said it 5-10 years ago and then promptly been laughed at by everyone.

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

... yeah, 'cause, calling a whole profession "indecent piles of shit" is clearly the most effective way of making positive change happen.

--G.
spineless coward in the press, unimpressed

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

Gosh Dave, do your readers not get that Jon Stewart is a comedian?
I mean the Crossfire guys didn't....

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

No...what the Crossfire guys didn't get was that on this issue Stewart et al aren't kidding. My point up top being that if Carlson and Begala had read the part I quoted, maybe they wouldn't have been so shocked by Stewart's stance. He is, indeed, mad as hell and he's not gonna take it anymore.