{"id":28807,"date":"2023-10-22T15:17:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2037966"},"modified":"2023-10-22T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:17:33","slug":"jon-stewart-put-up-or-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/jon-stewart-put-up-or-shut-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart: Put Up or Shut Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The Problem with Jon Stewart&#8221; never overcame the show&#8217;s biggest obstacle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ratings.<\/p>\n<p>The former &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; anchor drew a paltry crowd for his Apple TV+ program despite endless press adulation and a crush of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/jon-stewart-andrew-sullivan-racist\/\">hot-button topics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EntStrategyGuy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EntStrategyGuy<\/a> noted this week, it really is wild that basically *none* of the people writing about Jon Stewart\u2019s show getting canceled talked about how many people actually watched the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7XUPNyNgTU\">https:\/\/t.co\/7XUPNyNgTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGIldT84lR\">pic.twitter.com\/xGIldT84lR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonnyBunch\/status\/1716067347914461408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, the show is no more, but the spin is working overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said &#8220;creative differences&#8221; led Apple to cancel the low-rated series. Those &#8220;differences&#8221; included plans to<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/jon-stewart-the-problem-canceled-season-3-apple-tv-1235762554\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> cover both Artificial Intelligence and China<\/a>, two areas we&#8217;re told by the press made Stewart&#8217;s bosses uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart could lick his PR wounds and attempt another &#8220;Daily Show&#8221;-style program on a competing platform. He could resume his directorial career, which seemingly stalled with his poorly received 2020 comedy &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/irresistible-review-jon-stewart\/\">Irresistible<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Or he could go the full Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ep. 32  You\u2019ll be shocked to learn this, but it turns out the whole George Floyd story was a lie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vDXBStHf5\">pic.twitter.com\/4vDXBStHf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1715465410856841628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Fox News superstar got fired by the network earlier this year despite boffo ratings and an outsized impact on the political conversation. Carlson laid low for a while but soon returned on social media via Elon Musk&#8217;s X platform, formerly dubbed Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative gadfly generated millions of views on the platform, allowing him to tackle subjects that might have made his former bosses uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Floyd&#8217;s death<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 6 narratives<\/li>\n<li>President Donald Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He went rogue, essentially. So why not Stewart?<\/p>\n<p>Stewart, like Carlson, has a loyal fan base and decades of media experience. His X account boasts 1.4 million followers, not a bad base upon which to build a new program. Plus, he must have enough resources to fund a small studio in his home or office where he can broadcast his satirical musings sans filter.<\/p>\n<p>Will he?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/egypt-jon-stewart-bassem-youssef-cancel-culture\/\"><strong>RELATED: EGYPT&#8217;S JON STEWART CALLS CANCEL CULTURE A MYTH&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For now, Stewart is focusing his time elsewhere, like demanding Israel stand down rather than defend itself against the most horrific attack on the Jews since the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian lent his name and gravitas to an open letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/history-is-watching-hollywood-stars-urge-biden-press-israel-gaza-ceasefire-2023-10-20\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">demanding a Middle East ceasefire<\/a> which would essentially let Hamas know that its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which brutally slaughtered more than 1,400 Jews, would be allowed without significant repercussions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jon Stewart, Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, and more call on President Biden for ceasefire in Gaza and Israel<\/p>\n<p>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U2FM4dkrPw\">https:\/\/t.co\/U2FM4dkrPw<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U2FM4dkrPw\">https:\/\/t.co\/U2FM4dkrPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/1715493475188081068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stewart has had little to say about the Hamas atrocities.&nbsp;There&#8217;s still plenty to say about China, though.<\/p>\n<p>The nation <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/24\/china-covid-cover-up-had-huge-help-from-western-elites\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">covered up plenty regarding the COVID-19 virus<\/a> and its aftermath. It continues to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2023\/08\/china-anniversary-of-uns-damning-xinjiang-report-must-be-wake-up-call-to-action\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Uyghurs in concentration camps<\/a> and clamps down, hard, on free speech.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s impact on Hollywood has been an open secret for some time, but the industry&#8217;s willingness to play footsie with the regime could still use a Stewart-sized skewering&#8230;. no?<\/p>\n<p>Surely a truth talker like Stewart could weigh in on any of the above. He might even spill some dirt about why Apple TV+ preferred he didn&#8217;t critique China. Imagine how many views that segment might draw on X or a freer speech platform like Rumble.<\/p>\n<p>And, given social media and technological advances he no longer needs an Apple TV+ platform to do any of the above.<\/p>\n<p>He can go rogue, too. Nothing is stopping him now.<\/p>\n<p>Will he?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/jon-stewart-china-problem-apple-china\/\">Jon Stewart: Put Up or Shut Up<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/\">Hollywood in Toto<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Problem with Jon Stewart\u201d never overcame the show\u2019s biggest obstacle. Ratings. The former \u201cDaily Show\u201d anchor drew a paltry crowd for his Apple TV+ program despite endless press adulation and a crush of hot-button topics. As the @EntStrategyGuy noted this week, it really is wild that basically *none* of the people writing about Jon \u2026<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/jon-stewart-china-problem-apple-china\/\">Jon Stewart: Put Up or Shut Up<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/\">Hollywood in 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