That clip should be studied as a textbook case of pilpul.
Stewart went on Carlson's show to debate but every time Stewart was nailed on his own bullshit he would hide behind 'It's a comedy show.' or 'I follow foul mouthed puppets, you can't take me seriously.' That's how it works.
The entire show was a news show disguised as comedy to avoid being held responsible for the content. Look at the shows it spawned for confirmation because in typical fashion they just pushed the envelope a little further and made their intentions a little clearer. Cobert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver all cover news but do it 'funny' to make the propaganda easier to disguise.
It's very effective. It creates a second layer of resistance to contradictory evidence. Firstly, people don't like being shown they were wrong, which is the first layer. The second layer is that they got the opinion from someone that they like that has a history of making them laugh, fond memories and the like, and they don't want that person to be wrong either.
Luckily, as far as I've seen, Jon Stewart was the last one to do it well. Everyone else's minds are too fucking warped by the bullshit to land a joke anymore.
That clip should be studied as a textbook case of pilpul.
Stewart went on Carlson's show to debate but every time Stewart was nailed on his own bullshit he would hide behind 'It's a comedy show.' or 'I follow foul mouthed puppets, you can't take me seriously.' That's how it works.
The entire show was a news show disguised as comedy to avoid being held responsible for the content. Look at the shows it spawned for confirmation because in typical fashion they just pushed the envelope a little further and made their intentions a little clearer. Cobert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver all cover news but do it 'funny' to make the propaganda easier to disguise.
Yeah, they started doing that a long time ago - using comedy to groom people to their ideology, that is.
See: Norman Lear.
And I bet there's examples that go all the way back to the ancient Greeks, if one looked at things closely enough.
It's very effective. It creates a second layer of resistance to contradictory evidence. Firstly, people don't like being shown they were wrong, which is the first layer. The second layer is that they got the opinion from someone that they like that has a history of making them laugh, fond memories and the like, and they don't want that person to be wrong either.
Luckily, as far as I've seen, Jon Stewart was the last one to do it well. Everyone else's minds are too fucking warped by the bullshit to land a joke anymore.