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From: LindyBill	1/17/2008 7:59:42 AM
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"The Corner" commnents on the way he handled an interview about Jonah's book on "Liberal Fascism." What Fresh Hell Was That?! [Mark Hemingway] I just watched Jonah's interview on The Daily Show and my head is still spinning. What was that? The interview segment began with an apology from Jon Stewart saying that the interview lasted 18 minutes and they had to cut it. What ensued was a choppy mess, largely consisting of Stewart's heated questions and then cutting away from Jonah before he could fully respond. It's bad enough that people reviewing Jonah's book can't be bothered to read it. But inviting him on national TV, attacking the book and then randomly editing the whole thing into incoherence just seems to take things to a whole new level. Dear Jon Stewart [John J. Miller] Okay, so you had to jam an 18-minute interview with Jonah into a 6-minute segment. But how hard would it be to make the full interview available on your website? Or to let us post it here? Re: Dear Jon Stewart [Mark Steyn] I agree. I thought it was bad enough Letterman and other so called talkshow hosts having to go off the air because their writers are on strike, but it's even more embarrassing that Jon Stewart can't even make Jonah look like a twit without the benefit of a massive editing operation so incoherent he had to apologize for it in the intro. There's a bad faith aspect to what Stewart did. Recently I was asked to go on certain TV shows in Canada and Australia neither of which are known for their sympathy to chaps like me. I said yeah, sure, I'd be happy to do it as long as the interviews went out live. That way, it's a clean fight and may the best man win. The Oz show said no, the Canucks are mulling it over but are insulted by my making such a request. Jon Stewart victory-through-editing is why. corner.nationalreview.com

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