Stewart is a talented interviewer, but this one is especially good. It was satisfying, indeed, to see Stewart expose the amoral and clueless Matthews.
Jon Stewart pans Chris Matthews’ new book
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:October 3, 2007
- Post category:Good and Evil / Politics
- Post comments:1 Comment
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
Stewart does some high-level baiting, and Matthews lets it roll off of him, and offers Stewart the chance to be on the other side. Stewart declines the offer, and offers an olive branch, almost as if he fears having goaded (the much larger) Matthews to the edge of violence.
I wouldn't call it a clean win for the liberal spokesman in this case. From the interview, my impression of the book in question is that it promotes the Dale Carnegie approach to social interaction, and Stewart derides that as insincere.
Disclaimer: I hadn't even heard of Matthews, nor his latest book.