Colbert, Meyers, Stewart and the Last Stand of Late Night

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Last night on The Daily Show , Jon Stewart returned (during his vacation) to do an episode in response to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by Disney/ABC. Those hoping (like myself) for 20 minutes of righteous rage might have been disappointed, as Stewart opted for satire: He leaned into a “Dear Leader” bit, pretending to comply while mockingly praising Donald Trump’s idiocy. The staff even closed with a song in Trump’s honor. True to form, The Daily Show also exposed the many, many, many hypocrisies of an administration that insists only one side can dehumanize opponents or celebrate political violence.

It was good, though Stewart’s interview with Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ress

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