In what is probably the least surprising bit of news I've heard all years, it turns out that Ted "God of Nightline" Koppel isn't a fan of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. This article gives you the lowdown on an interview between Mr. Koppel and Mr. Stewart that I wish I had watched.
Mr. Koppel's implicit criticisms of Mr. Stewart makes this Daily Show interview (click on the celebrity interview Wolf Blitzer link on the side) between Mr. Stewart and Wolf "CNN" Blitzer all the more amusing, with the host of the fake news show that Koppel sneers at asking a real newsman why he was delivering fake news as part of the claque who believed in WMDs. And, frankly, doing a better job of it than Ted Koppel.
Moments in the public conversation where satire bleeds into real life (or vice versa) seem especially interesting. Not always constructive events (e.g. the straight-faced adoption of the Simpsons' comic phrase "cheese-eating surrender monkeys") but always interesting ones. This one from Mexico is another doozy.
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at August 3, 2004 09:05 PM