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Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... , "Mr. President you can say whatever you like" during your convention speech. * This morning at the New York State delegation breakfast: "Now I understand that the McCain campaign is running ads trying to divide us and let me state what I think about their tactics and these ads: I am Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message." * Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used some surprisingly kind words to describe Joe Biden. * Jon Stewart doesn't think highly of the cable news networks . I don't blame him. * No, everyone does not love ...
Stewart Lectures Reporters
News —
... John Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, ripped into the media Monday during a breakfast with reporters. CNN has an account: Stewart directed most of his ire at the 24-hour cable news networks, which he called "gerbil wheels," and said the media at-large had "abdicated" to what he called the "slow-witted beast." He said the never-ending television news cycle creates a "false sense of urgency" and forces reporters to "follow the veins that have been mined," instead of pursuing serious and in-depth reporting.
Jon Stewart: cable news a ‘brutish, slow-witted beast’
The Moderate Voice —
... voted for John Kerry in 2004, said he didn’t see CNN’s James Carville, the former Bill Clinton aide, in the same category because “I don’t think he’s being passed off as a sage.”
A Fox News spokesperson called Stewart “out of touch.” Stewart went on to rip the other two 24 hour cable news channels, CNN and MSNBC, and called the network evening newscasts “obsolete.”
When it comes to pols, he’s an equal opportunity comic:
Stewart said he found neither Sens. McCain or ...
