Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, The Onion ... and the Decline of Mainstream Media

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - March 26, 2009

Stewart, Colbert, CNN, The Onion ... which is which? more >>

Do Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Report the News?

Opinion - March 26, 2009

1 in 3 Americans under 40 believes satirical reporting is taking the place of traditional news. more >>

Jon Stewart Ices Jim Cramer With Earnest Anger, Not Bombast

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - March 13, 2009

When Stewart stops being the comedian, he's a damn good interviewer. more >>

<i>Daily Show</i> Brings Barack Obama on for Some Last Laughs

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - October 28, 2008

He'll be the star on the comedy show Wednesday night. more >>

Reporter Describes a Grim Life in Iraq

News Desk - March 21, 2008

While violence has declined noticeably in Baghdad, day-to-day life for Iraqis is grim, U.S. News Associate Editor Alex Kingsbury told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night. Kingsbury, who recently returned from his second reporting assignment in Iraq, described Baghdad neighborhoods where there is raw sewage in the streets and goats graze on garbage from toppled bins. Kingsbury's "Iraq Journal" series has reported on how American troops and Iraqi citizens cope with the difficulties in the country five years after the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. more >>

Our Iraq Reporter on Jon Stewart's Show

News Desk - March 20, 2008

Just back from a monthlong reporting assignment in Iraq, U.S. more >>

Huckabee to Meet His 'Maker' -- on TV

News Desk - February 7, 2008

Funny guys Conan O'Brien and Stephen Colbert have been warring over the airwaves over who first discovered and "made" Mike Huckabee, the once obscure former Arkansas governor, into the popular Republican presidential candidate he is today. more >>

A Shameless Book Promo

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - June 7, 2007

I appeared last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote my book Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval that Inspired America's Founding Fathers. I do not watch this program regularly and had not known quite what to expect when this appearance was booked; my impression has been that Stewart is often very funny and, while generally liberal, is happy to skewer those on the left as well as those on the right. more >>