Lawrence O’Donnell: Jon Stewart Changed My Mind On Releasing Osama Death Photos

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by Frances Martel | 11:00 pm, May 5th, 2011

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Many on the right (and some on the left) often joke that the real leader of the liberal commentariat is not one of their own, but Jon Stewart, and Lawrence O’Donnell just gave the “funny ’cause its true” joke this much more ammunition: after opposing the release of Osama bin Laden‘s death photo, O’Donnell reconsidered the matter tonight after watching last night’s Daily Show.

“I for one have felt that there was no need [to release the photo],” O’Donnell began his segment on the matter today, revisiting his comments yesterday and noting that he perceived the matter to be one of belief. Likening it to the birth certificate argument, he argued there was “no reasonable room for doubt” that Americans had killed bin Laden, and so releasing the photos would only exacerbate a silly Photoshop debate on the matter. Then he gave credit to Stewart for bringing up a completely different angle to the issue: that Americans simply haven’t seen enough images of their decade of war, and not showing them what their tax dollars are going to was simply unjust.

“Jon Stewart has a point– a good point,” O’Donnell admitted, choosing first to look at the casualties of the Iraq War (“the war we didn’t have to fight”) and how little we had seen of it so far. “I don’t know how much of the real imagery of war we should see, but I know that Jon Stewart is right, we haven’t seen enough.”

The segment via MSNBC below:

Jon Stewart, Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell, msnbc, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan

Azarkhan

Like every communist, Lawrence O’Donnell loves his country and never tells a lie.
RyGuy

Isn’t it widely known that everyone at MSNBC desperately wants to be on the level of Jon Stewart?
Rachel Maddow playing to the ‘hipster’ college crowd, much like Stewart, but her smugness is not funny. She was heartbroken when he called out MSNBC in an interview.
Keith Olbermann asks Jon Stewart on twitter why he made fun of him on the Daily Show.
Now crazy Larry is trying to get on Stewart’s good side…..This ‘carnival barker’ would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

MSNBC depends on FOX News and Jon Stewart for content because even they know they can’t defend Obama’s failed policies.
Barack Must Go

A regular riot……..NOT.
BeckFinallyDemoted

ummm…where is the part that O’Donnell changes his mind about the Bin Laden photo?

He says Jon has some good points but clearly says at the end “I’m not saying we should” and “I don’t know how much imagery of war we should see”. That doesn’t sound like a man convinced Jon is right.

In other news…

GOP Debate:

BAIER (TO jOHNSON): IF YOU WERE A REALITY SHOW WHAT KIND WOULD YOU BE?

JOHNSON: NOT THE KIND WHERE I CRAWL ON MY HANDS AND KNEES ON THE ICE.

SMACKDOWN!!!lol!!
turk281

Why does every establishment liberal always seem to be middle to late age white folks seeking desperate approval from the youth?

They’re like the parents of high school kids who still try to act hip, dress cool and use modern teenage slang.

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Turk281.
BeckFinallyDemoted

turk281 said:
They’re like the parents of high school kids who still try to act hip, dress cool and use modern teenage slang.

Yeah, that’s like whack, dogg.

They staight up trippin’, Boo.
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BeckFinallyDemoted said:
ummm…where is the part that O’Donnell changes his mind about the Bin Laden photo? He says Jon has some good points but clearly says at the end “I’m not saying we should” and “I don’t know how much imagery of war we should see”. That doesn’t sound like a man convinced Jon is right. In other news… GOP Debate: BAIER (TO jOHNSON): IF YOU WERE A REALITY SHOW WHAT KIND WOULD YOU BE? JOHNSON: NOT THE KIND WHERE I CRAWL ON MY HANDS AND KNEES ON THE ICE. SMACKDOWN!!!lol!!

no, but yesterday he was against releasing photos, today he is questioning that thought………yesterday…no, today….maybe
KirbbDogg2000

the peolpe that watch John Stewrt those are the polpe MSNBC needs on there side.
Glackin

Must be difficult for you fools to grasp, but there are people who listen to discussions and evaluate what has been said. It’s called thinking.
Some people try to look at a situation from another person’s perspective, and consider their opinion. This is another aspect of thinking.
If your mind can’t change, you’re dead.
Or, as good as
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Nacho

Great segment Larry.

I think we should see every body that we kill and maimed on their side and every coffin that comes home on our side.
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Nacho said:
Great segment Larry.

I think we should see every body that we kill and maimed on their side and every coffin that comes home on our side.

You are, indeed, the modern day Salome.
Kitsune

RyGuy said:
Isn’t it widely known that everyone at MSNBC desperately wants to be on the level of Jon Stewart?Rachel Maddow playing to the ‘hipster’ college crowd, much like Stewart, but her smugness is not funny. She was heartbroken when he called out MSNBC in an interview.Keith Olbermann asks Jon Stewart on twitter why he made fun of him on the Daily Show.Now crazy Larry is trying to get on Stewart’s good side…..This ‘carnival barker’ would be funny if it weren’t so sad. MSNBC depends on FOX News and Jon Stewart for content because even they know they can’t defend Obama’s failed policies.

It’s not just MSNBC. Stewart is considered the most influential voice in political commentary, period, when it comes to the 18-34 crowd. Even Mediaite’s most reviled political voice of all time, Glenn Beck, whines that he’ll never be as popular with “the kids” as Stewart.
notsofast

Then he gave credit to Stewart for bringing up a completely different angle to the issue: that Americans simply haven’t seen enough images of their decade of war, and not showing them what their tax dollars are going to was simply unjust

“I don’t know how much of the real imagery of war we should see, but I know that Jon Stewart is right, we haven’t seen enough.”
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MG, that reasoning is directly out of an episode of “Star Trek” and that is supposed to be an example of lib intellectualism?

LOL
writer

Larry, you have to have a mind in order to change it.
Dem4Ever

So, Larry O’s moral compass is a comedy show. Really good there, Larry…really good.
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felixw

At least MSNBC is honest about taking its cues from comedians. But that is true for the whole American left nowadays.