scrutiny

TV I don't know if this is Jon Stewart's defining moment (that's probably still the Crossfire incident) but Smashing Telly is right to stop and take note of the CNBC section of The Daily Show last week. It's one of those moments when the programme crosses over from parodying news to producing straight journalism, with the white on black writing quietly expressing the wrong-headness of what's being presented on that network as news. Devastating stuff, and makes you wonder if some of the British media would hold up if placed under the same scrutiny.