Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show

[mystery-ak]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/10/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show

Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show

by James Hibberd

Posted February 10 2015 — 6:49 PM EST

Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show.

The Comedy Central host informed his audience during Tuesday night’s taping he is stepping down from his role hosting the late-night series, a post he’s held since 1999.

EW obtained this statement from Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless:

“For the better part of the last two decades, I have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart. His comedic brilliance is second to none. Jon has been at the heart of Comedy Central, championing and nurturing the best talent in the industry, in front of and behind the camera. Through his unique voice and vision, The Daily Show has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come. Jon will remain at the helm of The Daily Show until later this year. He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family.”

Much more to come…

[Machiavelli]

How Jon Stewart turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation
Kyle Smith
New York Post
February 15, 2015

So Brian Williams goes out (for six months) humiliated and derided. Jon Stewart goes out (permanently, one hopes) the same day, but on a giant Comedy Homecoming King float, with a 21-gun salute from the media, his path strewn with roses and teardrops.

Why?

Brian Williams lied about his personal exploits a few times. Jon Stewart was unabashedly and habitually dishonest.

Though Stewart has often claimed he does a “fake news show,” “The Daily Show” isn’t that. It’s a real news show punctuated with puns, jokes, asides and the occasional moment of staged sanctimony.

It contains real, unstaged sound bites about the days’ events and interviews about important policy matters.

Stewart is a journalist: an irresponsible and unprofessional one ...

Liberal comics make things up, liberal journalists chortle and praise and internalize the lies ...

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[DCPatriot]

That's a great take on the Stewart/Williams breaking news and follow-up.

Maher pulls the same sh*t on his HBO show...whenever he gets called on his outrage toward Conservatives and Republicans in general.

"But, I'm a comic!  An entertainer!  A satirist!!?