{"id":467,"date":"2010-05-17T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=467"},"modified":"2010-05-17T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:30:40","slug":"one_guy_in_the_horse_carriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/05\/one_guy_in_the_horse_carriage\/","title":{"rendered":"One guy in the horse carriage industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m behind on my <i>Daily Shows<\/i>, so I just watched the one with <i>Newsweek editor <\/i>Jon Meacham this weekend. Jon Meacham, who was a trouper and did NOT cancel his appearance&#8211;which was most likely booked to promote is new PBS show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2010\/daily-transom\/you-need-know-john-meacham\"><i>Need To Know<\/i><\/a>&#8211;on the day <i>The Washington Post<\/i> decided to sell his magazine. Sadly, they did not get to talk about the show, but I was really blown away by his interview: <\/p>\n<table style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"353\" width=\"360\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\" align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\">Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\" colspan=\"2\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-may-5-2010\/jon-meacham\">Jon Meacham<\/a><a href=\"editor-content.html?cs=utf-8\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px; background-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 360px; text-align: right;\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(150, 222, 255); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\">www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\" colspan=\"2\"><embed style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:308575\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"window\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"autoPlay=false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allownetworking=\"all\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" height=\"301\" width=\"360\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<table style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/videos\/tag\/Tea+Party\">Tea Party<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8220;I do not believe that <i>Newsweek <\/i>is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we&#8217;re one of them&#8221;?&nbsp; Seriously? 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