Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Ultimate Convergant Story
BY Howie Kurtz, ABOUT Jon Stewart, QUOTING Ana Marie Cox (aka Wonkette)...Huzzah!
In short, Jon Stewart is that really smart boy who sat in the back of the room and mocked everything, but no one could get mad at him because he was funny and knew all the right answers. And young people like him.
News is awesome.
"To say his is just a comedy show is a cop-out in a way. He's gotten so much power. So many people look to him that you can't really be the kid in the back throwing spitballs."
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"Even I'm sick of us," says Ben Karlin, the show's executive producer. But "the media beast must be fed," he added, amused that the show is being hyped by the "pack journalism" it regularly ridicules.
In short, Jon Stewart is that really smart boy who sat in the back of the room and mocked everything, but no one could get mad at him because he was funny and knew all the right answers. And young people like him.
News is awesome.
