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4:38 pm - 01/13/2013

Paul Krugman chastises Jon Stewart for mocking the platinum coin

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Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman slammed Jon Stewart for his segment on the platinum coin, saying that “Obviously neither he nor his staff did even five minutes of looking at the financial blogs.”

In an ABC News web exclusive, Krugman said: “It is a funny thing. But you want to be funny from a point of view of understanding what the issues are. There’s a reason we’ve gotten to this place.” He added: “Obviously neither he nor his staff did even five minutes of looking at the financial blogs which have been talking about this. Lots of people think it’s a bad idea. Lots of people think it’s a good idea. But it’s not just, ‘Oh, those idiots.’
 
(OP's Note: Vid won't embed, here's a link)

http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/week-web-extra-paul-krugman-18202593

Krugman was answering a question about a recent blog post where he called Jon Stewart “lazy” for mocking the coin idea. “In this case, however, it’s obvious that nobody at TDS spent even a few minutes researching the topic. It was just yuk-yuk-yuk they’re talking about a trillion-dollar con hahaha,” Krugman wrote. “Hey, if we want this kind of intellectual laziness, we can just tune in to Fox.”

In the segment in question, from Thursday, Stewart says: “I’m not an economist, but if we’re just going to make shit up, I’d say go big or go home. How about a $20 trillion coin



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kurtvonnegut 13th-Jan-2013 09:52 pm (UTC)
no, colbert is so much wittier and well thought out and clever than jon stewart's brand of "comedy." not saying you can't find them both boring ofc, but they're not similar at all.
pikapika217 13th-Jan-2013 10:03 pm (UTC)
I actually hate Steven's act TBQH. I understand it but find him insufferable
hoot 13th-Jan-2013 10:17 pm (UTC)
ia. His act gets old really fast.
pastelward 13th-Jan-2013 10:20 pm (UTC)
it's not like you have to be some ivy league intellectual to get it anyway, and ia it's tiresome 90% of the time
megalixer 13th-Jan-2013 10:29 pm (UTC)
same, I can watch an episode here and there but the OTTness grates on me after a while.

Stephen himself seems like a really cool dude, though
lovefifteen 13th-Jan-2013 10:42 pm (UTC)
same, i enjoy watching the odd episode but i couldn't do it every day.
andi88 13th-Jan-2013 10:38 pm (UTC)
Colbert is so freaking witty and amazing at getting to the point. Sometimes he'll start saying something and its so random and out there that I'm like where is he going with this...but then he gets to the end and I clapping my hands at the perfect way he went about getting to the point. I feel like he really always gets it right imo
lisse_pitch13 13th-Jan-2013 10:48 pm (UTC)
THIS. ALL OF IT
politic_ennui 14th-Jan-2013 12:35 am (UTC)
Yes! He and his writers do a great job. I wish I could write comedy like they do.
freeze_i_say 14th-Jan-2013 08:36 am (UTC)
exactly
thewhowhatwhats 14th-Jan-2013 12:44 am (UTC)
He's been kind of racist lately in a way that crosses the line of satire.
sherrilina 18th-Jan-2013 10:25 pm (UTC)
Oh damn, really? :( When?

(I'm not saying he wasn't, but I haven't been watching recently, and am curious...)
sherrilina 18th-Jan-2013 10:25 pm (UTC)
IA Colbert was always a lot more talented--it showed most during the writer's strike when they each had to do their own stuff.
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