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Hear and See Jon Stewart CNN Crossfire Interview

Monday, October 18th, 2004

I received an email with directions on how to see a video or listen to an MPR3 of the Jon Stewart CNN Crossfire interview which I mentioned over the weekend.
Video in various formats
mp3 of the audio
The tip is from weblog The One True b!X.

PBS Helps Sponsor National Deliberation Day

Sunday, October 17th, 2004

Yesterday was National Deliberation Day, where people in more than two dozen communities came together to discuss national issues. PBS will broadcast a special detailing what was learned. Check your PBS listings for Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, for Time to Choose: A By the People Election Special.
The program is part of PBS’s [...]

Amazing Jon Stewart, CNN Crossfire Transcript

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

This comment from Ken Smith after an earlier Daily Show post:

The CNN site has the amazing transcript of the two interviewers trying at length to keep Jon Stewart from asking a serious question about their shoddy approach to political discourse.

British Guardian Tells Readers: Write to Ohio Voters

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

Here is how the Guardian , a left leaning British newspaper, starts an article advising its readers to start a letter writing campaign aimed at Clark County, Ohio:
The result of the American election in less than three weeks could have huge consequences for the whole world. Yet those of us outside the 50 states [...]

Is “Daily Show” Host a Friend of Public Journalism?

Friday, October 15th, 2004

Jon Stewart host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show today told the CNN Crossfire hosts Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala, what public journalism has been saying about the crossfire mentality for 16 years, it’s “hurting America.”
Here is how Salon described part of the hosts’ interview with Stewart:
Paul Begala tried to put a more conciliatory face on [...]

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