I believe the opinions of Jon Stewart are not really present in the writing of many blog posts talking about the ever outdated policy of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”
Basically, Jon Stewart is speaking about how the show crossfire had so much potential to be an informative presence on the entertainment/political scene. He is stating that they are wasting a great opportunity; that the current news shows (especially Crossfire) are looking to his comedy shows to get their cues in integrity, which he believes is sad. He is confronting them about how America “needs help from the media [and it is now] hurting us” through partisan agendas.
Jon is mixing his well known quips and comedy with criticism of news and media of the day; he believes that television shows today, especially pertaining to politics, are all based on partisan hackery.
The Articles I have been following on multiple blogs pertaining to the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” do not really tie into the ideas that Jon Stewart is presenting. The blogs all talk about how it is wrong to keep one group of people from entering into the military. Moreover, many of them discuss how it is detrimental to our countries national security. For instance, just recently the U.S. Army First Lieutenant Dan Choi, an Arabic linguist was fired for being openly gay. It seems quite stupid as we need people with his skill in the military to just dismiss him for a sexual orientation. It is comparable to kicking someone out of the military for their gender or race. I do not believe that the opinions on these blogs have much to do with partisan agendas as they do not take a stand; left or right, democrat or republican. They are simply stating the hypocrisies of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy and how it should be repealed to make “America be what America says it is”; home of the free and the brave is hard to accomplish when certain sexual orientations are oppressed and not allowed to be truly free or brave.
