I'm done university! I have a BA! It's all a little bit strange!

I handed in my last paper (the last one EVER! maybe!) yesterday, and I have to say, it was a fine piece of work. It was a discourse analysis of the time when Jon Stewart went on Crossfire in 2004 and told them off. As reported by MTV.com, "Jon Stewart Bitchslaps CNN's Crossfire Show". But the kicker? The New York Times reported a few months later that CNN will cancel Crossfire and cut ties to commentator.

Mr. Klein specifically cited the criticism that the comedian Jon Stewart leveled at "Crossfire" when he was a guest on the program during the presidential campaign. Mr. Stewart said that ranting partisan political shows on cable were "hurting America."

Mr. Klein said last night, "I agree wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart's overall premise." He said he believed that especially after the terror attacks on 9/11, viewers are interested in information, not opinion.

mefi thread | daily kos thread

Here's a bit of my transcription of the interview:

STEWART: Here's just what I wanted to tell you guys.
CARLSON: Yeah.
STEWART: I- s- S:top. ((audience laughs)) Stop, stop, stop, stop h:urting America.
BEGALA: OK. Now- (  )
STEWART: And- and come work for us, because we, as the people-
CARLSON: How do you pay?
STEWART: The people? Not- not well.= ((audience laughs))
BEGALA: =Better than CNN, I'm sure.
STEWART: But, you can sleep at night. ((audience laughs)) See, the- the- the thing 
is, we need your- your help. You're- Right now, you're helping the politicians and
the- the- the- the- the corporations. And we're left out [there to mow our lawns.
BEGALA:  [But by beating up on them? You just said we're too rough on them
when they make mistakes!
STEWART: No, no, no, you're not too rough on them. You're part of their (.) 
strategies. You're partisan um ((snapping fingers)) what do you call it. (.) h-hacks. 

Now, this is a Conversation Analysis transcription, so there are some codes, like these:

(.) = pause
- = word got cut off
[ = overlapping talk
= = no break between talk
: = sound is drawn out

If anything, this paper was a lot of fun. I could have done a lot more with it, really. Heck, I could do a Master's thesis on it, there's a lot of interesting stuff going on there.

Anyways, I'm DONE! And Chad is coming to my house this weekend to compete in Canadian Idol!