Jon Stewart On “Dying” TV Vs. Social Media: “Heroin Is Heroin”
deadline.comJon Stewart opened this week’s Monday night Daily Show by calling himself the captain of a dying medium, and now we know why.
In an “After the Cut” clip posted today on the Daily Show‘s YouTube channel, Stewart is shown delivering his pre-show warm-up, answering questions from the audience.
The banter was friendly enough, but even Stewart seemed a bit taken aback when one audience member commented that TV is dying and that young people prefer to get their entertainment and information from social media platforms like TikTok.
Feigning shock – or maybe not feigning all that much – Stewart burbled, “Don’t…what?…no!…no!…sir…” But the talk host quickly recovered to deliver a word-perfect defense of his medium. “You still watch TV but you just watch it on your computer [or phone],” he said. “You understand that’s still TV?
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