Lot’s of chatter lately about Jon Stewart being the new ‘most trusted man in America.’ Whether or not it’s deserved is another debate, however it’s longish interviews like this, with people like Bill Kristol, that go some ways towards that argument — you very rarely get this sort of lengthy, detailed, good humored (dare we say respectful!) conversation, between opposing sides, on network or cable news.
Charlie Rose comes to mind but he’s not confrontational enough. If Stewart would pander less to his left leaning guests, he would be more deserving of the title. He’s unapologetically partisan. The right doesn’t have anyone like Stewart, and could use one, P.J. O’Rouke is as close as they get but he doesn’t have nearly the same reach as Stewart.
It would be interesting for there to be someone more centrist who could fill Stewart’s role.
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He has my vote. He’s biased, but he always seems fair to me. And he’s always willing to criticize every side.
07/29/09 at 12:59am
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always seems fair...me. And he’s always willing to criticize every side.
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