Bob Collins
‘The people of Congress are not as good people as the people who are first responders.’
With that brick, Jon Stewart showed again last night why his voice has created such a vacuum of moral authority in the national dialogue.
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Tag: Jon Stewart
It’s all over but the last moment of Zen for fans of Jon Stewart, who hosts his last Daily Show tonight.
Even Arby’s, constantly lampooned by Stewart, claims to be sorry to see him go. Read more →
In his final days as host of the Daily Show, Jon Stewart’s reputation as the Walter Cronkite of a younger generation is getting new review.
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There aren’t many people left to whom thousands of other people turn to help process that which confounds us. Jon Stewart is the exception and he was at his best last evening on the subject of the killings in Charleston.
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We can live without Jon Stewart’s comedy when he gives up his gig on The Daily Show later this year. But his astounding grilling of New York Times reporter Judith Miller last night was a reminder that we’ll be hard-pressed to replace his journalistic chops when it comes to interviewing, or — more accurately — his refusal to be a megaphone for newsmakers peddling garbage. Read more →