Jon Stewart interviewed by Bill Moyers
BILL MOYERS: Gonzales said nothing.
JON STEWART: Right. And "you went up there and said nothing. You gave them no legal recourse against you, and you made yourself a smart man, a self-made man look like an utter pinhead on national television, and you did it for me."
BILL MOYERS: How do you explain that the Washington press corps, by and large, particularly the Sunday shows join the game with them? I mean, you watch those shows
JON STEWART: They don't all, I mean...
BILL MOYERS: No, not all of them do, but there's a kind of wink-wink questioning going on there. You know, I'll ask the devil's advocate...
JON STEWART: Well, it's because it's the Harlem Globetrotters playing the Washington Generals. It's they're the only teams playing, and they know they've got to play each other every week, and they all have sort of assumed their role. And, I mean, at this point, the government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you know, a lot of those blog reporters and all of those things are bringing a lot of urgency and a lot of momentum to stories that wouldn't normally carry any momentum.
Watch the whole interview here. What could be better than having these two in the same room?
4 Comments:
At 6:36 AM, Omnipotent Poobah said…
I love Jon, but it's a sad state of affairs when a comedian is one of the prime sources of accountability.
At 7:22 AM, Women on the Verge said…
poobah
I'll second that!!
Flimsy
Thanks so much for posting the link-- I don't know what will be my fave moment this week... watching that interview, or watching the Repugs self-destruct in their debate...
I have my own theory as to why Dub stands by his man... come on over and take a peep...
E
At 7:50 AM, Bart said…
I love that Globetrotters/Generals comparison. That's pretty spot-on.
At 1:04 PM, Peacechick Mary said…
As for the sad state of affairs, we had Will Rogers who did much the same thing as Jon Stewart. I loved this interview. Two good people who we can rely upon and I am grateful for that. Thanks for the Link, Flimsy.
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