Did Jon Stewart subtly mock Musharraf?
I did not see the program. But this is what almost all media has reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/27/musharraf.dailyshow.ap/index.html
As a gesture mirroring Pakistani hospitality, Stewart welcomed Musharraf with a cup of jasmine green tea, and offered the more American delicacy of a Twinkie. Musharraf chuckled and thanked the host, though Stewart promptly changed the subject.
“Where’s Osama bin Laden?” he asked suddenly.
Now remember Musharraf’s claims of the US paying Pakistan for their cooperation. So Pakistan gets “reward” from US for its cooperation.
It seems like Jon did the same thing. First he gave Musharraf incentives (tea, twinkie), and then asked him a direct question.
It’s children who eat Twinkies, and so Jon was like: “come on kid, have some candy … NOW TELL US WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU”.
This talk of “mirroring hospitality” was done only to make it less obvious.
Jon humiliated Musharraf.