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I was so excited to have him back and so let down when he was cancelled. I really do hope he goes somewhere else

Honestly, I hope he leans into his podcast. IMHO, The Problem’s podcast was better than the show.

The podcast was just as effective at highlighting issues of importance, but it was a bit more fun, and it commented more on the weekly news.

IMHO, the podcast did a better job of scratching my 2000’s Daily Show itch. The TV show was fine, but it felt like an even heavier version of Last Week Tonight. It wasn’t a show I could watch if I had a hard week. It was good, but I often finished it somewhat depressed.

HBO should make him an offer. Pull him over to chill with John Oliver again like the good old days.

The Other Problem with John Stewart: Apple is Beholden to China

For real. Maybe PBS can afford him.

This feels like corporate shortsightedness; Apple sees a huge overlap in John Stewart and their own core user base so it seems like an easy win to give him a show that does the investigative journalism that endeared him in the first place. But then he start asking questions about the stock market and poking at potential investors and outside pressure is pushing internal executive conversations that eventually realize the millions they can make by keeping him on the air is nothing compared to the billions lost of investors start pulling out and draining the Apple stock price.

Apple's only identity at this point is the billions it makes from an over valued stock price. Mr. Stewart threatened it. So capitalism happened.

Where can he go? Haven't we turned every platform into profit seeking machines. Any places that could have supported this type of media got chocked out long ago.

Between this on Apple TV+ and Netflix cancelling Patriot Act with Hassan Minaj, it seems there is definitely a big issue with profit driven platforms worried about pissing off actual nations by literally just stating facts.

For profit corporate owned platforms really are starting to show their limitations at this point. Eventually I think we're going to need a lot more self hosted, possibly federated, platform hosting if we want to address the limitations imposed by a single for profit platform owner driven by engagement and beholden to investors.

Apple deplatforming Stewart is the same issue as Musk tanking Twatter or YouTube demonetizing small content creators because it's profitable - a privately owned platform with the sole goal of maximizing profit and investment income doesn't advance the cause of free discussion for the public good.

John Oliver doesn't seem to have a problem with HBO/Max

Colbert seems to struggle more with the FCC regulations on what he can't say and show more than what CBS wants. It's less often now but at the start of his Late Show he really appeared to be mean to CBS on-air specifically to prove that they didn't have a presence in his writers room.

eh, wth would netlfix or amazon care what china thinks??

apple has major physical investment in china.... thats the conflict of interest here. a media conglomerate changing the story because businessmonies.

Trillion

The Podcast was really really good. I preferred it to the show. I hope he continues to explore that format.

The Daily Show was mostly upbeat and highlighted the absurdity of politics even when they were covering serious topics, so the jokes seemed to flow pretty naturally. In The Problem Jon Stewart would oscillate between serious/morose to a few jokes and back again, it was giving me thematic whiplash and I couldn't hang with it either. I think Last Week Tonight is The Daily Show's spiritual successor.