There was a moment in Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show” that must rank among the most interesting of the season, perhaps the entire history of the cult “politainment” program. Host Jon Stewart, who has been in fine form of late, was sparring amiably with Ken Buck, the retired Republican congressman from Colorado. They were discussing, quite compellingly, the aftermath of the conviction of Donald Trump and the media’s coverage of the event.
So, yes, Stewart had something to do with the de-Cronkitization of American journalism and its rather un-Rather-like lurch toward entertainment. This is why his criticism of the media’s coverage of the Trump trial has left me laughing ... and uneasy. In the April 22 episode, he skewered CNN and MSNBC.