I wasn’t a big fan myself, either. Still respect Jon, though, and Apple cancelling the show is pretty clearly about silencing “improper” voices and they deserve to be called out on it.
I agree. I watched the Daily Show from Craig Kilborn until the very end of Jon’s run. He tried, but the balance between satire and serious was off. He’s trying to make change and shed light into dark areas, but people don’t want that the same way.
To people asking why Stewart would make a show for Apple in the first place, in some circles Apple is seen as a basically ethical company. I won't comment on whether it's valid to see them this way, but they make a lot of comforting noises regarding privacy and green tech. Plus, being what amounts to a broadcaster, one might expect them to keep their hands off shows being made for them.
What I find interesting to think about is, if China is able to apply pressure on Apple concerning shows made for them, what kind of pressure could they have over TikTok?
Basically, Apple gave him editorial freedom and the ability to put his message out there. You have to pick your battles, and he shit on apple a bit during his show and podcast.
He did what he could. When Apple asked him to compromise on his rhetoric, Jon said “fuck you” to which Apple then cancelled the show.
This is a paraphrase obviously.
Jon is a fucking hero for putting his morals first. He is also pragmatic. But he didn’t cowtoe to Apple when push came to shove.
“To reassure the creative community in light of these reports, we also respectfully request that Apple publicly commit that content that could be perceived as critical of the CCP or the PRC is welcome on Apple TV+ and other Apple services,” said the letter, signed by the panel’s Republican chairperson, Representative Michael Gallagher, and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the panel’s ranking Democrat.
None of them see the irony in government officials coercing Apple into making an approved political statement?
Why would John Stewart even join Apple? Seems counter to his entire reputation, and what did he or anyone expect from Apple if not this kind of shit? Did he think the leopard wouldn’t eat HIS face?
Shouldn’t be too tough to explain. “We paid a lot of $ $ to bring John Stewart out of retirement, but nobody watched the first two seasons, so we didn’t make a third.”
Because they threw a bunch of money at him and said, “do what you want”. So he made a show that was a little more medicine and a little less comedy that he knew would get lower ratings.
Have you ever seen the opening credits?
He probably had this conversation with the staff as he hired them.
I’m just saying, this wasn’t The Daily Show, either in quality or in viewership. It would be a much cleaner case to make if the show was at all popular, but there were like 12 people still watching. A 3rd season would have been a real stretch.
It's one of the few things on Apple TV I actually watched... and as a talk/news show it's not like it was terribly expensive. We know exactly WHY they cancelled it, and they deserve any vitriol directed at them, not that it will matter.
I wish Plex would provide some kind of system where I could buy content directly from the publisher, download it and watch it locally. Cut out the current middlemen for a pure delivery mechanism straight from the manufacturer.
If people could buy and get a drm free digital copy…
It would cut down on a lot of piracy. But studios will never do it because they think it would increase piracy. Completely ignorant that all it takes is a single person to rip a movie and put it online. No matter how difficult it is to rip, someone will do it.
My pirating of media completely stopped when it became easy to watch stuff legally. Music is still very easy but lately I’ve been looking out longingly at the seas again
China using the same weapon that made the west a superpower against them. Capitalism is by far more powerful than the constitution and religion combined.
Russia does the same, but it relies on freedom of speech. All of that disinformation is hard to stop, but turns out it can be quite powerful even when there is plenty sources where one can easily verify facts.
Apple could probably put up a decent military response, but it shows how much the US spends on the military that it’s “woah! Apple has $250 billion in cash, they could do so much!” and that’s less than 1/3 of 1 year of the US military budget. I bet Tim Apple would spend it more efficiently though.
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