Reply #12: The problem seems to be the crowd he was presenting to

[Warpy]

not the corporate media. Check this article out, it says volumes about just who Hollywood wants to host the awards:

Instructing the audience to not pirate films, Stewart referred to the rich and lavishly dressed audience and said, "These are the people you're stealing from." Those people did not find his remark funny.

As with many of Stewart's lines, the laughter for these jokes was mostly distant, perhaps coming from the high balconies, far away from the celebrities. When we saw the faces of the stars, they were blank, or awkwardly smiling, perhaps pretending to chuckle.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11687022/

(hint: not an outsider)