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| Jon Stewart with 9/11 responders |
Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause?And does that make that comedian, Jon Stewart — despite all his protestations that what he does has nothing to do with journalism — the modern-day equivalent of Edward R. Murrow?
This is no time for modesty.
You heard it HERE first. On February 4, 2010 I wrote:
Jon Stewart is becoming Edward R. Murrow: the most serious independent television journalist of the moment. He is armed with a comic persona, razor sharp wit, and the analytic skills of a top flight political commentator.
If the PBS News Hour wants to come out of its torpor they should replace Mark Shields with Jon Stewart, and David Brooks with Andrew Sullivan.
