Jon Stewart the greatest journalist in the usa today

[brettdale]

Just watching his interview with Tony Blair.

[ShortnFiery]

1. He ruled over that "Opus Dei" pledge ... what's his name last night

:evilgrin:

[pnutbutr]

2. except that

he's not a journalist, he's a reporter.

[LaurenG]

3. No he's a comedian. And does a great job as a journalist or reporter.

:hi:

[pnutbutr]

4. can we agree on

comedic reporter? I'm still reluctant to call him a journalist since he has writers.

[ogneopasno]

10. I'd say comedic newscaster.

He reads. He reads well, and brainstorms, but he's not a reporter.

[krkaufman]

8. Exactly. It's a sign of how bad things are for us to be cheering some comedian ...

... as our champion journalist, simply because he does the most basic of tasks... comparing a politician's statements today, to what they said and did yesterday.

Gotta say, though, that Thursday night's "Hannity/Palin interview as infomercial" bit was an all-time classic. I'm continually amazed at their ability to find footage.

[lapfog_1]

5. I thought his handling of the canard

that Bush and Blair both spew "Democracies have never gone to war with each other" was great.

So, was Argentina or Great Britain not a democracy or was the Falklands War not really a war.

Oops.

[Mabus]

6. And what about the Greek city-states?

I seem to recall that not all was happy there and that they had problems. Or how about when America when to war with herself during something called the "American Civil War"?

Tony Blair is an idiot and a fool.

[aquart]

7. Athens was a democracy.

The others? Not so much.

[Mabus]

9. Thanks!

okay, I was wrong. Thank you for the correction.

[jpgray]

11. Athens bullied and threatened many democracies in its alliance

And let's not forget their misguided invasion of Sicily. Their main opponent there was Syracuse, which was (gasp!) a democracy at the time. But realistically, Athens was only a democracy for 170 years or so, and even then they were often a tyranny or oligarchy in waiting.

[dysfunctional press]

12. at the time of the falklands, argentina wasn't under democratic rule.

:shrug:

or so said tony.

[NoPasaran]

13. During the Falklands war Argentina was ruled by a military junta

The military had invaded the Falklands to unify the country after massive demonstrations protesting the deteriorating economic situation. Their defeat in the conflict led to the restoration of democracy.