ABC should let Jon Stewart host "THIS WEEK"
Wouldn't you like to see a host who really knows the topics take a shot at running ABC's THIS WEEK for once? ABC is using a former Bushie Matthew Dowd as a host this Sunday:
Matthew Dowd, who worked as chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney ’04 campaign, is getting a shot behind the anchor desk on ABC's “This Week."
Since news broke that George Stephanopoulos was heading to “Good Morning America” in December, the network has had five different fill-in hosts while deciding who’ll get the job permanently: Jake Tapper, Terry Moran, Barbara Walters, Jonathan Karl and Elizabeth Vargas.
Still, Dowd—who has been an ABC political contributor since 2007, and regular on the Sunday roundtable—will be the first non-journalist to have a chance asking the questions. Dowd's just scheduled for this week, as the network continues looking for a permanent host.
Pretty soon they'll be trying out right-wing talk show hosts. I think it's time Stewart gets a shot to host the Sunday show. Hey, he may not want to do it, but he's not afraid to step into the political arena and duke it out, so why not give this one a try? I bet you'll see somebody that would have a clear understanding of the issues and not be worried about protecting his Villager image with the rest of the Beltway elites.
It would be a ratings bonanza for ABC as well.
We want Jon Stewart to host ABC's THIS WEEK.
You can email ABC here.
for the fascist propaganda agenda they have chosen. How could they be Fox's sister station if they take an honest approach.
That Stewart/O'reilly interview goes on my ipod. I'll listen to it when I need a pick-me-up. Or start drinking Vodka again.
but when did that interview take place?
of February, noob :)
Who says Stewart would want the job?
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Jon wouldn't accept the key to Bellingham, either.
If so, the smell should remind Jon of his Jersey roots. Maybe he'll reconsider?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
That would actually be good television.
Competing network. Wouldn't work. But she's been on Meet the Press and run rings around David Gregory, Rove's frugging partner.
Rachel would be my top choice too.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Rachel would be great also!
even those with the wicked sense of humor Stewart and Maddow demonstrate, would consider working for a network kept afloat by a three fingered animated mouse drawn by a cryopacked founder who might turn into Rupert Murdoch if thawed and restored to the throne.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Your tinfoil hat is falling off, again.
Disney was never frozen. Quite the opposite actually happened.
Actually, Disney has taken a hit over the past few years due to the struggling economy and really stupid choices in regards to entertainment television and movies.
Perhaps the only thing that keeping both ABC and Disney afloat nowadays (aside from Cyrus and Jonas) is ESPN.
"When are we going to stop trying to tell elected officials what to do. Our job is to spend the taxpayers' money the best way we can." -- Tommy Watkins, Justice of the Peace, Crawford County, Arkansas
is threatening to black out ABC this weekend if Cablevision doesn't cough up $20mil for it. They're losing money - Even ESPN.
Rather than have GOP operatives as guests, why don't the hosts of these Sunday morning talk shows just read aloud the talking points Frank Lutz wrote up that week for them? Surely the message would be a little more attractive than hearing it wheezed out of Mitch McConnell's money-hole.
"Dowd...will be the first non-journalist to have a chance asking the questions."
What's that garbage? ABC, in keeping up with the rest of the M$M, has been hiring non-journalists for decades!
one host earlier in time:
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“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
George Stephanopoulos worked as a chief strategist for the Clinton-Gore '92 and '96 campaigns.
On another note, Elizabeth Vargas was BY FAR the best This Week host of the bunch.
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Jon is too cynical.
Cynical enough to challenge the status quo? Which is not what too many of them have been doing over the past nine years. Instead we got rhapsodizing over Bush's flight suit, frugging with Karl Rove and not challenging Cheney about the veracity of the cr*p he's been spewing.
the "frug" when they see it.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
"... and not be worried about protecting his Villager image with the rest of the Beltway elites."
That alone would disqualify him. Let me take a wild guess. If word of this post gets out, ABC will interview a "librul" as balancing for Dowd. Let's see: Terry McAuliffe (sp). Or some dishrag "Democrat."
I will just go on as I have for the past 10 years -- NOT watching the Sunday Morning Gasbags.
Mr. Stewart is a comedian with a conscience (gee, humanities come to mind as well..). His program time is perfect right where it is. Don't get me wrong, I love to see him sparring with the puss-filled windbag because not only does he inject reality into the discourse but Bill'O actually shuts up every once in a while. A rare thing indeed! Anyway, Jon Stewart is and has the perfect vessel for political discourse. It's called the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. To bring him into the noisy bullshit machine would be a mistake that could not be undone. He is light years ahead of all of those people, even Maddow.
I love Jon, him and Stephen Colbert are one of the best hours on TV, but I am not sure he would want to do Sunday morning. I think the format would be to cumbersome for his wit. Now he has the ability to cuss if he wants to, make fun, and be hugely sarcastic to these morons, ABC and the advertisers would NEVER stand for that. He would end up quitting or worse turning into a Gregory. Let Jon be Jon and do the good he is doing right where he is, following the THE SIMPSONS.
how much power do the hosts of these (dreadful) shows have in selecting topics, guests, formats, interviews, etc.?
one of the big reasons stewart (and colbert) are so happy working for viacom is that they are given a lot of leeway in their shows.
something tells me that the disney corporation wouldn't allow stewart to challenge the govt-corp elites they coddle.
That is the best interview I have seen in a very, very long time.
Stewart would be PERFECT for This Week, but I doubt that ABC would consider him. They are too far to the right in their thinking.
I'd actually watch the show. I tend to stay away from right wing propoganda machines.
RRR is usually a good idea, but since Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow appear to be the only respectable TV commentators/journalists...how about ABC break the mold and scour the earth for a third. OMG, What? Three (3)!?!?! Is there room in the universe for 3 respectable journalists? I mean, I know its too much to ask that ALL of our "journalists" be highly regarded and respected members of a dying breed, but surely 3 must exist.
Obviously we could say Rachel would be perfect for....just about every journalist job out there, but unfortunately, talking heads are on all the time and I just don't think Ms. Maddow has the energy to do 24hrs, multi-station broadcasts, 7 days a week, just because we love her. Perhaps there are some other young, talented, QUALIFIED, journalists out there who might take over some openings. Barbara Walters? Really? Why not Oprah! Geraldo! Gerardo! C'mon, this is sad.
How about we email ABC and ask them to do something creative, innovative, or at the very least, interesting? Objectivity and integrity may be pushing it, but maybe ask for that too.
Look what he did at the White House dinner to Bush, when Bush could have just "disappeared" him. He's got some serious cajones.
Seriously, he's smarter and more qualified than the right wing tool they'll end up with - and I just like to be entertained.
Jon Stewart has been so consistent of the subject that he is a comic playing the part of a news anchor that I can't imagine he would even do a fill in gig. That is a line he will never cross and this stance only increases his credibility. Jon knows exactly who he is and what he does and would never compromise the impact of his comedy and satire. He does the most good by being who and what he is. That said, I can't wait for his next interview with a pompous politician or visiting pundit.
NBC should let him host MTP and CBS should hire him for FTN, too.
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I have serious doubts Viacom is going to be keen on letting one of its biggest under-contract stars do a weekly Sunday program for one of its largest competitors.
And put some meat on those bones that Dancing Dave has ruined with his smarmy GOP butt kissing. And Chuck Todd needs to go away, too.
O'Reilly starts off with taxes=socialism which is precisely the kind of disgusting garbage (not to mention abject ignorance) that his ilk peddles so successfully. I couldn't bear to go on and clicked away when Jon totally missed that broad side of the barn (with his valid but less important "distributing up" point).
As if every other regime since the dawn of time has not "redistributed income" through taxation.
I've never heard O'Reilly just shut up and let a guest speak, i.e., finish whole sentences and thoughts, like this before. I guess we won't be seeing Stewart on Hannity or any of the other Winger hosts at Fox. There's no way they could allow a communist like Stewart to say his piece.
I've never cared much (personally) for Stewart's humor (some of his cohort on The Daily Show are extraordinarily funny), but he can be very effective when he isn't mugging stupidly for the camera. It's too bad there are more lefties willing and able to make some valid points.
The idea to allow Jon Stewart to host This Week makes too much sense, and, therefore, it is wholly unlikely to happen in America.
they'd let Jon stewart run the company as an absolute monarch.
Why not? Jon pays attention to what is said during interviews. He can call out the talking heads for their hypocrisy and lies.
I wish more people would take on right wing talkers like that.
Stephenopoulis never really gave anyone a hard time. He never seemed partisan- I would have loved to see him go liberal on some right winger. But alas, like most dems, if he is a dem, he had no bite. Maddow would run rings around David Gregory, who as a "journalist", can't find his ass from a hole in the ground.
He's already the most trusted newsman in America.
But if Jon isn't available, how about CoCo? He's got plenty of experience as an interviewer and is at least as credible as the usual coterie of villagers ...
and i think js would be up for he job.
...for their moronic audience to swallow.
God, this is so ridiculous to debate this with bor. he is simply a pig, and he would deny the sun goes down in the evening if he thought it would be of any value to the Democratic or progressive goals in this country.
Simply stated, fox propaganda network is propaganda. Simply slime and bull shit for their brain dead audience to lap up. ALL the pathetic humans I know who rely on fox for their info are simple minded, morons. I have relatives in that clan. Sad...but true. NON THINKERS! I remember my sister NEVER catching a joke when she was younger, cause she was just to simple minded and naive to get it. She makes a good candidate for the sheeple at fox.
Nation of morons.
Better yet, kick David Gregory off Meet The Press permanently and put Jon Stewart in his chair.
Not only would we get insightful journalism, we would also get to see some honest-to-God ass-ripping of these fucking Washington blowhards by Stewart and put a smile on America's face.
Thanks for reposting the interview with Billo the clown. Stewart handed that putz his balls on a platter.
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