After reading Eric Alterman's article "Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow?" I'd just like to ask: does Alterman think Stewart should be canonized now, or only after he is carried up to heaven in a flaming chariot accompanied by a chorus of angels?
Sheesh. The man is funny, but he's no Edward R. Murrow. Heck, even Murrow himself was no Edward R. Murrow. "Edward R. Murrow" is a fictional character, the man everybody holds up as the exemplar of responsible journalism. Did he really exist? Not really, no. But everyone has got to have their saints, and journalists are no exception.
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