Comedian Jon Stewart was interviewed by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday night, and the former “Daily Show” host absolutely nailed today’s political journalists in a way no one else has.
President Trump has been able to appeal to journalists’ “own narcissism” by attacking them, says Jon Stewart. “They take it personally, and now he’s changed the conversation to, not that his policies are silly or not working … it’s all about the fight.” pic.twitter.com/2N3V5NqZ6Q
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) October 30, 2018
Amanpour then responds in a way that exactly proves Stewart’s point:
You know, even Bob Woodward said that, in his book on the Trump White House, that a lot of journalists are too emotional about this. But it’s hard for us to be dispassionate when words from the White House are aggressive against us and, you know, raise the spectrum of violence against us.- READ MORE