re: Jon Stewart returning to Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" for 2024 election cycle

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Jon is a huge lib that obviously skewered R's more than D's, but I always thought he was relatively fair (by very low standards), and he would rip D's very often. And he was actually funny.

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That John Stewart is long gone per his new show. He won’t be much different than the rest of late night sans Bill Maher.

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Jon is a huge lib that obviously skewered R's more than D's, but I always thought he was relatively fair (by very low standards), and he would rip D's very often. And he was actually funny.

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All of this. I've never watched TDS regularly, but any time I did or any time I saw clips he was a good host. And like you said, I may not agree with his politics for the most part but he was at least pretty funny.

This is huge for them, as I suspect the value of TDS has gone completely off a cliff. You can't make me believe that very many people watch TDS since he left since Trevor Noah was so awful. And even moreso now that they keep trotting out as make woke democrats as possible to guest host.

I won't watch (since I never really do/have), but this is still pretty big news for CC. We'll see how unbiased he is once he's back. I've seen some things from him the last several years that make me think he's maybe cooled off the liberal idiocy, but then again I've seen other things that make me think he's still the same.

I can't imagine the boatload of money they threw at him to get him to come back, even if only temporarily.

This idea that the old John Stewart was some left leaning moderate who tried to be fairly even in his partisan criticism is laughable and shows how many people lack critical thinking skills. He would attack both sides but when it was the right it was hard attacks trying to damage them. With the left it was mundane, harmless goofs that had no real political or professional implications. He would be like Republicans hate minorities but democrats occasionally pick their nose, aren’t all politicians bad. He and everybody associated with the show knew that wasn’t the message they were really sending but they gave themselves just enough cover to pretend to be semi-balanced. In truth John Stewart’s Daily show was every bit as hyper partisan as the worst show on MSNBC or Fox News. His comedy talent is undeniable though and is one reason people fell for his shtick.

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Jon is a huge lib that obviously skewered R's more than D's, but I always thought he was relatively fair (by very low standards), and he would rip D's very often. And he was actually funny.

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I really wish we could get to a point that it’s not about being a lib or a repub but about the actual issues they care about.

Jon Stewart is passionate about getting lifelong healthcare for first responders. Particularly those first responders that were there on 9/11. He’s sat before congress pleading their case multiple times.