Tucker Carlson is a Dick with a Bowtie.

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In  case you don't watch crossfire, here's the clip mentioned below:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831


The best part about the whole thing, imho, is when the hosts try to 
bring the conversation back onto the book he is there to plug and he 
just won't let him.


http://www.everythingisnt.com/archives/00001965.htm

10/16/2004 Entry: "Is Jon Stewart turning into our generation's Neil 
Postman?"

Is Jon Stewart turning into our generation's Neil Postman? Sure seems 
that way. It looked like Jon had an attack of conscience. It looked 
like he wanted to either yell or cry. Maybe he was ready for the jokes, 
pimping the book, etc and remembered how this show was going to play 
out: one guy giving out the DNC talking points, the other guy giving 
the RNC talking points, and Stewart making silly jokes about both. Like 
he said, he didn't want to be their monkey so he went into Neil Postman 
mode and attacked them on their newstainment bullshit. Its well 
deserved, not only because he attacked the newstainment format but 
because that show is especially bad in regards to politics. Its not 
right v left or any of that, its Democrat v. Republican talking points.

  I mean, Carlson is the guy who said this about Edwards: "he (Edwards) 
was a personal-injury lawyer specializing in Jacuzzi cases." He knew 
full well Edwards did a class action for a pool pump which was used in 
both public and private pools which hurt little kids, but as a GOP 
operative that's what he had to say, especially when their managers are 
trying to out-sleeze shows like O'Reily and the other pathetic 
offerings from Fox News and MSNBC. It was all too fake for Stewart so 
he just spent this invaluable time attacking the system. Any sane 
person would have done the same. Perhaps. I think most people would 
have been good little boys and girls and pimped their books and played 
nice. Stewart knows he doesn't need CNN to sell his book or to get 
ratings for his show, so he took a very risky chance to take a moral 
stand. Don't expect him to be on any other shows for a long time, 
unless this is the straw which breaks the corporate media's back, which 
I doubt it is. If anything, this is more like a Lenny Bruce monologue 
which was groundbreaking at the time, but wasn't an agent of change in 
itself for a long time after.

Its almost predictable. I think too many people see the Daily Show as a 
fake news comedy show. It actually is satire of the highest order. Jon 
and his writers are doing nothing but mocking every news show, every 
hackneyed local evening news anchor, every news magazine format, every 
soft news journalist, etc.

  I thought the most interesting part of this exchange was the comment 
about Carlson's bow-tie. Stewart wasn't mocking him for his lack of 
fashion sense, he was justifying what he calls "theater." Why would a 
young man wear such an old fashioned article of clothing like that, if 
not for attention? If not for a "distinctive look." If not for 
"personality branding." etc. Carlson was denying his show is theater 
while in a costume. It was very poignant observation by Stewart and 
showed the absurdity of the entire spectacle.
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In  case you don't watch crossfire, here's the clip mentioned below:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831



The best part about the whole thing, imho, is when the hosts try to
bring the conversation back onto the book he is there to plug and he
just won't let him.  



http://www.everythingisnt.com/archives/00001965.htm


<bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><bigger><bigger><bigger>10/16/2004
Entry: "Is Jon Stewart turning into our generation's Neil
Postman?"</bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param> 


<bold><color><param>3333,6666,9999</param>Is Jon Stewart turning into
our generation's Neil Postman?</color></bold> Sure seems that way. It
looked like Jon had an attack of conscience. It looked like he wanted
to either yell or cry. Maybe he was ready for the jokes, pimping the
book, etc and remembered how this show was going to play out: one guy
giving out the DNC talking points, the other guy giving the RNC
talking points, and Stewart making silly jokes about both. Like he
said, he didn't want to be their monkey so he went into Neil Postman
mode and attacked them on their newstainment bullshit. Its well
deserved, not only because he attacked the newstainment format but
because that show is especially bad in regards to politics. Its not
right v left or any of that, its Democrat v. Republican talking points.


 I mean, Carlson is the guy who said this about Edwards: "he (Edwards)
was a personal-injury lawyer specializing in Jacuzzi cases." He knew
full well Edwards did a class action for a pool pump which was used in
both public and private pools which hurt little kids, but as a GOP
operative that's what he had to say, especially when their managers
are trying to out-sleeze shows like O'Reily and the other pathetic
offerings from Fox News and MSNBC. It was all too fake for Stewart so
he just spent this invaluable time attacking the system. Any sane
person would have done the same. Perhaps. I think most people would
have been good little boys and girls and pimped their books and played
nice. Stewart knows he doesn't need CNN to sell his book or to get
ratings for his show, so he took a very risky chance to take a moral
stand. Don't expect him to be on any other shows for a long time,
unless this is the straw which breaks the corporate media's back,
which I doubt it is. If anything, this is more like a Lenny Bruce
monologue which was groundbreaking at the time, but wasn't an agent of
change in itself for a long time after.


Its almost predictable. I think too many people see the Daily Show as
a fake news comedy show. It actually is satire of the highest order.
Jon and his writers are doing nothing but mocking every news show,
every hackneyed local evening news anchor, every news magazine format,
every soft news journalist, etc.


 I thought the most interesting part of this exchange was the comment
about Carlson's bow-tie. Stewart wasn't mocking him for his lack of
fashion sense, he was justifying what he calls "theater." Why would a
young man wear such an old fashioned article of clothing like that, if
not for attention? If not for a "distinctive look." If not for
"personality branding." etc. Carlson was denying his show is theater
while in a costume. It was very poignant observation by Stewart and
showed the absurdity of the entire spectacle.</fontfamily>
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