Jon Stewart revealed on his podcast earlier this week that some politicians he had on “The Daily Show” have been solely sincere within the inexperienced room — and that their representatives appeared mystified when the idea of authenticity was mentioned.
Stewart was interviewing “Pod Save America” co-hosts Jon Lovett and Jon Favreau on his “Weekly Show” podcast when the latter referred to as for politicians to disregard their representatives when trying to talk their minds, prompting swift recognition from Stewart.
“We would invite all the press people from senators’ offices and congressional people’s offices to come to the show in the afternoon,” Stewart mentioned Thursday. “And we would do, like, a panel with them. I would talk to them and they would ask questions.”
“They inevitably [went], ‘So, you know, my boss, I’d love to have him have a successful appearance on “The Daily Show,” I feel that will be actually useful for my boss. What’s your recommendation on what would make a profitable look?’” he added.
Stewart continued, “And I’d go, ‘Oh, well, you know, your boss could come on the show and tell me what they think, and then what I’ll do is, like, I’ll say what I think about what they said, and then we’ll talk about it.’ And they’d be like, ‘So the strategy is authenticity?’”
“‘I’m not telling you a strategy!’” he recalled. “‘I’m saying just fucking talk like a person!’”
Earlier, Stewart talked about President Donald Trump and his open willingness to settle for a $400 million jet from Qatar, half-joking that politicians who justify such issues on his present are usually outraged within the inexperienced room about having to go on tv to defend them.
“I’ve always said the most truth you will hear on CNN and MSNBC and Fox is in the green room,” Stewart mentioned. “The green room is where the truth is. The green room is where political leaders and anchors say the real shit.”
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Stewart excoriated fellow pundit Jake Tapper earlier this week for publishing a guide about former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, and argued {that a} journalist ought to inform their viewers what is going on as they study it — as a substitute of when it’s worthwhile.
As for honesty inside his personal circles, Stewart urged Thursday that there’s loads of room.
Stewart, a self-described Democrat who has been an outspoken political pundit for shut to 3 many years, went on to argue that there must be “excitement, not trepidation” throughout the social gathering round how Democrats recuperate from the lack of the 2024 presidential election.
