In light of this week's lovely post-modern examination of why anyone should care how many houses John McCain owns - i.e., it's tacky to forget how rich you are when you've been accusing someone else of being "elitist" because he dares to eat vegetables - I thought it would be timely to revisit Jon Stewart's legendary smackdown of the late, unlamented "Crossfire" in 2004.
This clip is Exhibit A in the case of "Why Sara Loves Jon Stewart." I love watching him attempt to explain to Tucker Carlson why professional journalists have an obligation to do more than jump at spin and minutiae like fish going after a lure from the Wal-Mart craft aisle, and the fact that Carlson refuses to get it is a pretty good explanation for why no one under the age of 40 trusts anything they see from the mainstream press.
Favorite moment:
Tucker Carlson: You need to work at a journalism school.
Jon Stewart: You need to go to one.
SNAP!
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