People have stated that "TV is dying" for years, but is it actually or are audiences just changing their viewing habits? Jon Stewart has a friendly debate wi...
It might be important to put into context that Jon is warming up the crowd before the taping of the show in this clip. Yeah, he probably misses the mark on exactly what was asked, but what is he supposed to do at that point? He’s warming up the crowd. Going out and saying, “journalism and by extension traditional media is dying a slow and painful death at the hands of software companies that don’t care about truth or art using dangerously manipulative techniques and the consequences of that are likely dire for the future of society” isn’t exactly setting the mood they’re going for.
Given the traction this clip is getting it really wouldn’t surprise me to see a more nuanced take from him in a while that has had more than almost zero thought put into it.
It might be important to put into context that Jon is warming up the crowd before the taping of the show in this clip. Yeah, he probably misses the mark on exactly what was asked, but what is he supposed to do at that point? He’s warming up the crowd. Going out and saying, “journalism and by extension traditional media is dying a slow and painful death at the hands of software companies that don’t care about truth or art using dangerously manipulative techniques and the consequences of that are likely dire for the future of society” isn’t exactly setting the mood they’re going for.
Given the traction this clip is getting it really wouldn’t surprise me to see a more nuanced take from him in a while that has had more than almost zero thought put into it.