Jon Stewart, aka the only newsman who matters on TV, has just interviewed the producers of the Persian language equivalent of the Daily Show, “Parazit.”
You can read a bit about them over on the outstanding website, Tehran Bureau.
Or you can just watch their interview right here on Qizilbash. The guys really are thrilled to be on Stewart’s show. I can’t blame them.
It continues to amaze me that Jon Stewart, a comedian, has much more journalistic courage than just about ANYONE in broadcast media (save for Sister Amy Goodman)
Just last night, he hosted Dr. Mustafa Barghouti a member of the peaceful Palestinian opposition (and according to many, a non-corrupt leader) and Anna Baltzer a Jewish-American peace activist.
The Daily Show has posted an extended interview with both on their website. You can watch both here on Qizilbash. Be sure not to miss Part 1 where a guy from the audience starts yelling at Barghouti.
You can watch part two after the jump.
Jon Stewart is one of America’s greatest treasures. Through his Daily Show broadcasts he manages to repeatedly grab the collective American conscience by the neck and shake. More remarkably, when it’s all done, we still love him.
Over the years he has famously skewered the cable news networks, the Bush Administration, and the financial news networks but last week, Stewart’s Daily Show managed to bring tears to the eyes (I am sure) of countless Iranians in Iran and abroad.
Just one week before the Iranian elections fiasco, Stewart sent Daily Show “correspondent” Jason Jones to create a weeklong series called “Iran: Behind the Veil,” a complete send-up of Orientalist cable news reports that attempt to portray Iran (and other Muslim societies) as a backwards and savage place.
Jones’ brilliant pieces manage to show what Iranians and those who have visited Iran have known all along, the joke is on the media.
If you missed the series last week, be sure to check out the links I have provided here. The very last piece for the “Behind the Veil” series (embedded here) even manages to take a poignant turn. Bravo Jason Jones, Bravo Jon Stewart!
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