"This Song Ain't About You"

The Media Misses the Real Message of the Stewart/Cramer Interview

You see, Stewart's real critique wasn't about Cramer, it was also only marginally about CNBC. Instead, Stewart's real rage comes from the role the modern media has created for itself: the role of cheerleader instead of watchdog, of favoring surface over depth, of respecting authority instead of questioning it.

It's the same critique that some have about the New York Times (and the rest of the media) in the leadup to the war in Iraq; the same ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - Mar 14, 2009 - 9:29 AM PDT
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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 14, 2009

In todays information meltdown, the youth are the deciding factor in a lot of homes. Being Fearless in this machine gun information age is useless. The kids don't give a dame about garbage pickup, the sewer problems or if Bush tortured Bin Laden with battery cables. It's the Headlines, stupid.

All youth are not consumed with Celebrityistis, But enough are to put a dent in the newspaper business

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Fred Gatlin
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by Fred Gatlin - Mar. 14, 2009

This commentary gets much closer to the point. As media merged they moved further from their investigative/informative role to cheerleader for their advertisers business and political positions.

Are media failing for economic reasons or have they failed to serve their readers and been abandoned?

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Cynthia Gilbert
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by Cynthia Gilbert - Mar. 14, 2009

Everyone else is jumping into the Stewart/Cramer Interview, but Mr. Sinker's conclusion succinctly makes the point...it's not about Cramer its about the role of the mainstream press...bystander, cheerleader or informed, reasoned watchdog?

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