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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12232980

Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to John Stewart's recent commentary on Tucker Carlson.

Short Summary

  1. Late night comedians, including John Stewart, criticized Tucker Carlson for his positive review of Russia, accusing him of failing to understand the darker side of the Russian State.
  2. Chris Cuomo commented on the segment, pointing out the hypocrisy of Democrats who were upset with Stewart for criticizing Biden but cheered when he made fun of Carlson.
  3. Tucker defended himself against accusations of being a tool of the Kremlin, sharing a story about Boris Johnson demanding a million dollars for an interview.
  4. The discussion touched on the importance of public transportation as a government-run service that should be efficient and beneficial to taxpayers.
  5. Stewart was criticized for praising Moscow's subway system, with the argument that having poor public transportation is not a price of freedom but a public service that should be well-maintained and accessible to all.
  6. The conversation highlighted the need for realistic assessments of different countries' living conditions and infrastructure.
  7. Comparisons were made between the average American home size and indoor plumbing availability compared to Russia.
  8. The speaker discussed food costs and income allocation towards food purchases in Russia.
  9. The importance of historical movements leading to public infrastructure development and income equality measures like Medicare and Social Security was emphasized.
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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Apparently Tucker hasn’t been to an Aldi.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

Odds are, someone has probably shopped for that waspy dude since childhood.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But he has now been to an Auchan and has seen all the wonders of a French supermarket.

[–] jo3jo3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

🤣 I noticed that too

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Her commentary about the subway was really concerning and shows that she either took zero time to do a modicum of research about Stalin’s subways, or she’s intentionally trying to be disingenuous.

Stalin’s subways were by no means a Russian version of Roosevelt‘a WPA projects. They were famously built with a lot of forced labor from gulags. And the gulags famously contained lots of politician prisoners, POWs, people with “individualistic tendencies,” etc.

And they were built to signal that Soviet communism could do big things. But like many big things under authoritarian rule, there is often a lot of pain and suffering hidden behind the shining facade.

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

These two "journalists"...missed the entire fucking point.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jon isnt listed on wiki as a journalist and to my knowledge has never called himself that.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Brokkr@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

The Hill journalists focused entirely on the facade of Stewart's comments and didn't acknowledge or engage with his main points about the deceit and hidden oppression that Tucker's segment tried to elide over.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Rich old white guy skewers rich old white guy about some other rich old white guy.

Keep their heads to the ground and they'll never see whose holding them down.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Over simplistic way to look at it.

[–] strawberrysocial@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I thought Jon Stewart was jewish