Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show

[Matt McGuire]

I'm going to miss him. He was one of the reasons I ever "found out" about Ron Paul. His video after the Ames Straw Poll media blackout on RP led me down the rabbit hole.

 

[Mach]

Stewart was probably pushed out........ I have to say, I've laughed at some of his crap before.... but overall I agree with Matt, he is/was just another tool..... "light-heartedness" is one of the, sharpest tools.

 

[TheTexan]

My sources tell me that Jon Stewart may or may not be leaving the Daily Show to prepare for a 2016 Presidential Run.

 

[Matt Collins]

There will always be politics. And political commentators.

But he isn't a commentator, he is a propagandist.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Stewart was probably pushed out........ I have to say, I've laughed at some of his crap before.... but overall I agree with Matt, he is/was just another tool..... "light-heartedness" is one of the, sharpest tools.

LOLZ Tool or not, his show was comedy. He never claimed otherwise. I can't believe people get so out of sorts about Stewart when there are genuinely dangerous and reckless "journalists" like BillyO to be concerned with. (Billy is not an actual journalist, of course, but he presents himself as one and his audience tends to believe him to be a legit journalistic source)

 

[Matt McGuire]

My sources tell me that Jon Stewart may or may not be leaving the Daily Show to prepare for a 2016 Presidential Run.

I miss the days when Stephen Colbert was running for President and Jon was running his super pac.. it's a bummer we won't have them around (especially Stephen) for the 2016 election.

 

[green73]

My sources tell me that Jon Stewart may or may not be leaving the Daily Show to prepare for a 2016 Presidential Run.

Or staying depending on the big fatness of a contract.

 

[euphemia]

No. Just no. He is a comedian and an important public persona who pushed for moderation and intelligence in all things.

Um, no. He expoited ignorance and fomented it. He's not funny or relevant any more.

Great hair, though.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I'll go out for a beer with Stewart before I would with Collins. For one, Collins would probably require a chip-in for the beer....

LMAO!!!

 

[John F Kennedy III]

I'll go out for a beer with Stewart before I would with Collins. For one, Collins would probably require a chip-in for the beer....

Not only that Collins would make you carry his high chair for him.

 

[Spikender]

It's no big loss, I still have Rachel Maddow if I want to watch a comedy show masquerading as a news program.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

LOLZ Tool or not, his show was comedy. He never claimed otherwise. I can't believe people get so out of sorts about Stewart when there are genuinely dangerous and reckless "journalists" like BillyO to be concerned with. (Billy is not an actual journalist, of course, but he presents himself as one and his audience tends to believe him to be a legit journalistic source)

Because, believe it or not, people actually do take comedians seriously. Like this, for instance. Comedy? Maybe to some people, but still with an obvious agenda.



HAY GUYZ! GUN CONTROL IN AUSTRALIA WORKED!

 

[PaulConventionWV]

No. Just no. He is a comedian and an important public persona who pushed for moderation and intelligence in all things. Just because you didn't agree with his conclusions is no reason to brandish him so callously as a 'propagandist'. By that same notion, you and I aren't free thinkers, we are merely propagandists for the Koch brothers cause.

Come on.

Except we're not employed by the state-run media. Come on, he was a propagandist. No true libertarian would have ever been allowed on TV in his position.

 

[AuH20]

Except we're not employed by the state-run media. Come on, he was a propagandist. No true libertarian would have ever been allowed on TV in his position.

Very true.