Going back a couple of days, sorry I'm late to the party.
I disagree that Stewart's work is satirical. I disagree that his work (at least the "Palin Busted!" video) is comedic. I disagree that his work isn't hateful. I disagree that he caught Palin in a lie. I also think you're being powerfully naive by not acknowledging that Stewart knows his audience damned well and is giving them exactly what they want, and what they want is an excuse to shit on Palin. I think he knows very well that his viewers are the same demographic that harass Palin, and that by exploiting their irrational anger for hits and attention he is complicit in the harassment she receives. Don't try to take that statement and apply it to Thunderfoot. I'm not talking about Thunderfoot. I'm talking about Jon Stewart, under the exact circumstances surrounding his attack pieces and the real-world consequences of those attack pieces. He decided to push a narrative that was in high demand ("Palin is a liar") and he did so by producing dishonest hit pieces that directly had an effect on the life of the person he was attacking. If you want to pick nits about the definition of satire and what that includes, knock yourself out. Seems to me like you're just going off on whatever tangent will allow you to pretend Stewart isn't a provocateur opportunist milking a witch hunt for profit and attention.
I disagree that Stewart's work is satirical. I disagree that his work (at least the "Palin Busted!" video) is comedic. I disagree that his work isn't hateful. I disagree that he caught Palin in a lie. I also think you're being powerfully naive by not acknowledging that Stewart knows his audience damned well and is giving them exactly what they want, and what they want is an excuse to shit on Palin. I think he knows very well that his viewers are the same demographic that harass Palin, and that by exploiting their irrational anger for hits and attention he is complicit in the harassment she receives. Don't try to take that statement and apply it to Thunderfoot. I'm not talking about Thunderfoot. I'm talking about Jon Stewart, under the exact circumstances surrounding his attack pieces and the real-world consequences of those attack pieces. He decided to push a narrative that was in high demand ("Palin is a liar") and he did so by producing dishonest hit pieces that directly had an effect on the life of the person he was attacking. If you want to pick nits about the definition of satire and what that includes, knock yourself out. Seems to me like you're just going off on whatever tangent will allow you to pretend Stewart isn't a provocateur opportunist milking a witch hunt for profit and attention.