Colbert is Rude

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Quite honestly, I've lost all respect for Colbert and Stewart. They are intellectual cowards. By couching their opinions and bias in "comedy" (its not even funny anymore, and I think Lewis Black is hilarious), they get a free ride to say whatever they please and never have to be held accountable for anything they say or conveniently omit from the discussion. The problem is, much of what they say is taken as fact by the left leaning audience they pander to, and little of it is honest.

I still remember when Stewart went on Crossfire and utterly insulted and ridiculed the show for not being good for discourse. I couldn't help but think:

"Crossfire is a live show where two sides get a point of view, while The Daily Show promotes essentially a single world view, and heavily edits all of their inteviews with dissenting opinions until they get a result that is to their liking."

So in Stewart's opinion, any show that doesn't just repeat a opinion he is confortable with is bad for public discourse? How very liberal of him?

Yes, Colbert is rude, but then again he calls it comedy and not intellectually dishonest insults, so its okey dokey.

I agree with you. They are just awful. In fact, they're SO much worse than the entirely right-wing slanted politics of CNN and Fox News.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

I agree with you. They are just awful. In fact, they're SO much worse than the entirely right-wing slanted politics of CNN and Fox News.

Wait a second... did you just say the right wing slant of CNN? Are you on medication or something? Maybe you should take a nap, this topic seems to have rattled your senses...

And at least Fox openly invites opposing opinions on most shows, and live no less, and take ownership of their opinions unlike Colbert or Stewart.

My issue isn't with the slant, its with the cowardice and intellectual dishonesty.