I normally don’t have two posts in the same day but I had to comment on a story I just read where, in an online poll taken by Time (click on to see the results and map), Jon Stewart prevailed as the most trusted newsman in America. And not by a small margin. He topped the closest newsman, NBC’s Brian Williams, by a whopping 15%.
I had written in an earlier post how sad it was that with the passing of Walter Cronkite went the idea of having a newsman who acted as our conscience, who tried to give us the news in a way that best served our needs as a country. After writing that, I realized that sadly, the only person who might fit this niche was Jon Stewart. He skewers hypocrisy from both sides and doesn’t seem beholden to any group or ideology. Oh, there’s a liberal bias but it is tempered with common sense and an idea of right and wrong.
He also brings a sense of respect for each side to the debate at hand. It’s not unusual to have representatives from either side of any debate and never does it devolve into a screechfest. But at the same time there is often real info and real commentary passed along.
While I don’t know if this a good or thing, it should serve as an example to those who finished below Stewart. I think somewhere right now, Walt is smiling.
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