Jon Stewart would be my number one public intellectual. In
my previous post, “Pro Posner” I suggest that pundits today have political
agenda’s they are driven by. The consequence of this can be an uninformed public.
I appreciate Stewart, as I believe he attempts to inform the public, while not
necessarily pushing his own political agenda. I realize that this can be easily
criticized. Stewart clearly leans left, so how can one argue that Bill O’Reilly
has agenda and Stewart not have one? Stewart uses valid arguments and reason to
address critical issues.
I did confront the issue of evoking stereotypes and emotions in my previous
post as well. If anything, Stewart tries to evoke a desire in the people to
understand issues of all kinds, act based on the truth and think logically.
The video posted below demonstrates everything I just said. :-)
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