Perhaps Stewart is not the new Murrow, but he's as close as we've got

We watch Jon Stewart almost every night, and have somewhat guiltily been getting a lot of our news from a comedian. Last night’s interview of MSNBC‘s Madman Jim Cramer, after a week long series of pieces exposing the hypocrisy of Cramer and MSNBC, felt different, riveting, and somewhat liberating. Going forward I’ll feel better about getting the news from Stewart: I’ve come to accept that while perhaps Stewart is not the new Edward R. Murrow,  the sad truth is that he is as close to a Murrow as we currently have. Isn’t it ironic that it takes satire on the...