While I always agreed with Jon Stewart's message about how important it is for media to ask tough questions because they have access the average person does not, I also always felt he was a hypocrite that he'd just joke around with presidential candidates on his show under the guise of "I'm just a comedian!" Yeah, you're just a comedian, but your entire point is that it's an extra-ordinary responsibility when you get to talk to someone so important, because literally only a select handful of people on the entire planet ever get that chance and so many lives depend on it. I don't care if you're "just a comedian" 99% of the time, if you ever get a chance to seriously interview a real-deal presidential candidate of a major party, you drop the act and take it seriously. Because that's an opportunity, no lie, people would actually kill for. The seriousness of the moment supersedes your "comedy."
If you truly are "just a comedian," don't take up the limited time a presidential candidate has. Don't book super important guests if you want to be "just a comedian." Outright don't let them come on your show if they just want to shoot the shit to gain some political brownie points. You may think you're "just a comedian" but your word, and your show, has the spread to reach tens of millions of people. Important messages can still be transmitted even when you're "just a comedian."
That aside, seeing him bitch slap fucker carlson is awesome.
