14 DAY TRIAL // Jon Stewart, the American political satirist, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian, used his airing time on The Daily Show to offer his take on Gizmodo's iPhone exclusive and the police raid on Jason Chen's home, Gawker reports. He directly addressed Apple and Steve Jobs and criticized the way Cupertino is handling the case.
The host of the satirical news program airing on Comedy Central downright slammed Apple yesterday evening for the way the company had been seen handling the Gizmodo iPhone leak case. He seriously questioned whether Jason Chen’s home had to be raided by the cops, featured a sign calling the Mac maker "Appholes," and finally took on Jobs & Co. for the extreme measures Apple took to protect intellectual property. A report by InOtherNews contains a partial transcript of some of the most relevant statements coming from Stewart's mouth.
"Apple - you guys were the rebels, man, the underdogs. People believed in you. But now, are you becoming the man? Remember back in 1984, you had those awesome ads about overthrowing Big Brother? Look in the mirror, man! …It wasn't supposed to be this way - Microsoft was supposed to be the evil one! But you guys are busting down doors in Palo Alto while Commandant Gates is ridding the world of mosquitoes! What the [expletive] is going on?!
"[…] I know that it is slightly agitating that a blog dedicated to technology published all that stuff about your new phone. And you didn't order the police to bust down the doors, right? I'd be pissed too, but you didn't have to go all Minority Report on his [expletive]! I mean, if you wanna break down someone's door, why don't you start with AT&T, for God sakes? They make your amazing phone unusable as a phone! I mean, seriously! How do you drop four calls in a one-mile stretch of the West Side Highway! There're no buildings around! What, does the open space confuse AT&T's signal?!"
He concludes, "[…] Come on, Steve. Chill out with the paranoid corporate genius stuff. Don't go all Howard Hughes on us."
An 8 minute video featuring Jon Stewart's commentaries regarding Apple's M.O. can be found below.
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