Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe...

Eric Alterman | April 13, 2009 issue

It's a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.

Jon Stewart's Brilliant Beck Parody

The Daily Show | posted November 6, 2009 (web exclusive)

Nov 6, 2009 ... Jon Stweart says there's a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck's internal organs.

A Day in the Life: Sgt. Pepper Turns 40

Jon Wiener | posted May 31, 2007 (web exclusive)

May 31, 2007 ... Jon Wiener: Freedom of Information wish list: What did Treasury do with the TARP ... Jon Wiener started writing for The Nation in 1984. ...

Jon Stewart Slams Sarah Palin Sideshow

The Daily Show | posted September 17, 2008 (web exclusive)

Sep 17, 2008 ... As Wall Street crumbles and hurricanes rip through the southern United States, Stewart sees the brighter side: a hot VP candidate.

Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin

The Daily Show | posted November 19, 2009 (web exclusive)

Nov 19, 2009 ... It's not the fact that she's pretty or that she shoots things, says Stewart-- that's actually my favorite part.

Jon Wiener

Jon Wiener started writing for The Nation in 1984. Since then he's written more than 100 stories and reviews for the magazine, many about American history, ...

Jon Stewart Slams the 'Birther' Movement

The Daily Show | posted July 23, 2009 (web exclusive)

Jul 23, 2009 ... Despite the overwhelming evidence, right-wingers insist Obama is not a US citizen, spreading rumors on television and the Internet.

Jon Mooallem

Oct 19, 2005 ... Jon Mooallem's essays have appeared in Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker and Salon, where he recently wrote about a touring exhibit of human ...

Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage

The Daily Show | posted June 2, 2009 (web exclusive)

Jun 2, 2009 ... Politicians and pundits cannot seem to look past Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Hispanic heritage.

Jon Stewart on Obama's Fist Bump

The Daily Show | posted June 12, 2008 (web exclusive)

Jun 12, 2008 ... Stewart ridicules the mainstream media's latest foray into the politics of personal destruction.

Jon Stewart on Obama's Historic Night

The Daily Show | posted June 5, 2008 (web exclusive)

Jun 5, 2008 ... Jon Stewart mocks Clinton's non-concession, McCain's awkwardness and the absurdity of the cable news pundit's '08 race predictions.

Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Hearings

The Daily Show | posted July 20, 2009 (web exclusive)

Jul 20, 2009 ... A salute to the utter ridiculousness of GOP Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina.

Rachel Maddow Meets Jon Stewart

The Daily Show | posted January 8, 2009 (web exclusive)

Jan 8, 2009 ... Maddow talks about her experiences interviewing Barack Obama and debating Pat Buchanan. Stewart admits he's a fan.

Jon Stewart Takes on Torture Supporters

The Daily Show | posted April 21, 2009 (web exclusive)

Apr 21, 2009 ... Jon Stewart surveys the misdirected outrage Obama's release of the Bush administration's torture memos has provoked on the right.

Bill O'Reilly's Hypocrisy on Privacy

The Daily Show | posted February 10, 2009 (web exclusive)

Feb 10, 2009 ... Jon Stewart ridicules the Fox News host for ambushing a Columbia Journalism Review staffer for publishing a piece by a writer from The ...

Iraq: Counting the Dead

The Notion

Iraq: Counting the Dead. posted by Jon Wiener on 01/17/2007 @ 12:50pm. Email; Print; Share. Buzzflash middot del.icio.us middot Digg middot Facebook middot Add to Mixx! ...

Jon Elliston

Sep 8, 2005 ... Jon Elliston, news editor for the Asheville, North Carolina, Mountain Xpress, is the author of Disaster in the Making, an investigative ...

Sarah Palin as 'Blamey Whinehouse'

The Daily Show | posted January 14, 2009 (web exclusive)

Jan 14, 2009 ... Sarah Palin seems determined to make sure the party tradition of providing comedy fodder doesn't leave office with Bush.

Jon Stewart vs. Fox's Chris Wallace

The Daily Show | posted November 6, 2008 (web exclusive)

Nov 6, 2008 ... Stewart takes Wallace to task for Fox's biased anti-Obama coverage and wonders what the network will do without Bush to back up.

Jon Stewart vs. CNBC's Jim Cramer & Friends

The Daily Show | posted March 11, 2009 (web exclusive)

Mar 11, 2009 ... CNBC's Jim Cramer has appeared all over the NBC empire defending his financial acumen; Stewart has now rallied the power of Viacom to fight ...