Former reality TV host Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts this week. It’s true. It happened. One of the main reasons why so many people had a hard time believing it was because, for so long, the Teflon Don always found his way out of any jam. His belief proves that there is still a place somewhat safe from his, uh, we guess we’ll call them charms. For Jon Stewart, that’s the problem.
On a brand new Daily show, Stewart was apoplectic over the response to the conviction. While cutting to clips of politicians and journalists, he noticed two things: 1) President Joe Biden really needs to leave the room after a press conference, and 2) did Donald Trump really deny saying: “Lock her up.” Shouldn’t he be reminded of all the times he actively supported the incarceration of Hilary Clinton?
Stewart argues that, despite the justice system’s many failings, the courts remain the last bastion of truth in America. Trump and Rudy Giuliani can go on Fox and say the election was stolen and get away with it. “The difference between in court and out of court is that in court, someone can say, ‘Prove it,’” Stewart says. “The problem is that most of the time in this country, our political leaders are not in court; they’re on television, where the media has decided that reality doesn’t really exist.” The media can do the same, but Stewart says journalists have begun to falsely believe that Americans live in two realities, which is false. There is reality and a lie that liars tell is reality.
On the verge of a heart attack, Stewart argues that journalists must “challenge the parameters of our shared reality.” Instead, the media looks to the future. How will the conviction affect the elections? Will Marco Rubio support a convinced candidate? This might be fine for a show called “No One Fucking Knows,” the host yells, but what people really need is someone to present the facts about what happened, not what they think will happen.
“It can be the job of the news media to challenge the parameters of that reality. What the courts do very well is look back and reconstruct the reality of what happened. The media could do the same, but they just look forward and look forward.”
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