possibly missing the point

[waider]

The Boston Phoenix chimes in on the Jon Stewart Crossfire appearance:

Stewart's Daily Show does enormous numbers for cable; a recent appearance by Bill Clinton drew a reported 1.9 million viewers. The crew has a bestselling book, America (The Book). Stewart's on the cover of Rolling Stone. By contrast, Crossfire is a dying show based on a dying paradigm. (At least I'd like to think so, although Fox's detestable Hannity & Colmes would seem to suggest otherwise.)

Now, I don't have access to any US TV channels except Discovery and CNBC Europe, so I can't verify if it is a dying paradigm, but everything Stewart had to say and indeed a lot of what I've read of American media (and the never-ending stream of lightly rewritten Americanisms that show up on Sky News, Sky One, MTV, and even our domestic channels) seems to indicate the contrary.

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

My impression of all of that was that Stewart thought they were misusing their opportunity, not that the model itself was expiring.

People arguing vehemently with one another appears to be all the rage here, if you'll pardon the expression.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It most certainly is NOT.