Crossfire

Notice & Focus:

Step 1:  Stewart wore casual clothing.  He stays unbiased throughout the show.  Jon Stewart makes multiple clever comical remarks.  Stewart also uses common language.

Step 2: Stuart’s attire is most interesting seeing how it makes him stand out.  His lack of bias is also interesting because he was brought on the show to have his opinions publicly mocked, yet refused to let it happen.

Step 3: Jon Stewart’s attire was a subtle hint of his intentions.  He dressed casually to appeal to the everyday type viewers.  He used comedy to appeal to viewers emotions.  Stewart used everyday language as to make his stance and argument comprehensible.


The Method:

Step 1: Stewart repeats the following:

“Please” six times

“Stop” five times

“Hurting America” twice

Step 2: A strand Stewart uses includes

 Bad

Hurting

Painful

 Kills

Step 3: Stewart contrasts

Love & Hurt

Good & Bad

Step 4: When looking at the repeated words and phrases in Stewart’s argument, one can see a direct coloration.  Jon Stewart is pleading with the hosts to please stop hurting America.  The biases aired on the show are slanting American opinions and Stewart is simply trying to expose them.

Step 5: An anomaly during the whole show is the fact that the hosts laugh at Stewart’s jokes directed at them.  They simply try to shrug off his verbal accusations without realizing that they are laughing at their own dilemma and exposure.