Funny, funny, funny.
At the last election, I lost a friend over the factors surrounding the election of Barack Obama. She thought I was overstepping the line by calling him "morally repugnant" for his position on the "Born Alive" Act. I remember her also calling Sarah Palin a "cunt" but, oddly enough, she had no justification except for either her emotions or the fact she had thrown a few back and was feeling no pain.
But one thing that amazed me while viewing the Emmys with her and another woman was first, how Emmys are given for specific episodes (when did they start that?) and how well knowledged she and the other woman was with each announced episode . . . and especially when it came to Jon Stewart. Amazing! I opined then that liberals seemed to have forgotten that The Daily Show was supposed to be political satire - a comedy show, not a news show.
I did not realize how right I was until now.
In a poll taken by Time magazine, the question was asked: "Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster?"
7% . . . Katie Couric
19% . . . Charles Gibson
29% . . . Brian Williams
44% . . . Jon Stewart
Even in a conservative state like Utah, Stewart got 59% of the vote.
At least Katie can lick her wounds in Iowa, the only state she "took," where she got 65% of the vote.
4 comments:
This is old news. Jon was on sme talk show (I think it was Letterman) and made the obersvation that some poll had listed his show as the place where most people got their news.
The hatred some women feel for Sarah Palin is completely puzzling to me. The woman is a governor, for pete's sake. I've gone toe-to-toe with a few myself over defending her and noting she has more political experience than Obama.
As for the news observation - yes, sad. I have nothing but glee in my heart that old news media outlets like the NYT & Co. are bleeding green. Serves them right for being so slanted to the left in the first place and mocking traditional values.
Jon Stewart is a dunderhead.
They started giving out individual awards in 1955 for just one episode appearance. Back then it was specified as a "single performance" instead of now when the Best Director award, for example, is for one episode.
I'm with MaryRose, totally puzzeled as to the vitriol directed at Sarah.
The news bit-I think this says more about the mentality of the public than anything. I am scared for our country!
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