The Daily Show With Jon Stewart just gets better and better. Last night’s program, with the Mike Wallace interview, was a brilliant piece of biting comedy that included swipes at both parties (although more, naturally, at the one in power). Stewart is great because he says out loud, on TV, the things the rest of us are thinking. He makes it wicked funny. And he provides a safety valve that lets us kow at the end of the day that no, we are not crazy. things really are that absurd.

This piece was the lead story last night. Check it out. I don’t care which ideological side you are on, it is drop-dead hysterical, and oh yeah, the most spot-on coverage that anyone had all day.

For an increasing number of young people, Jon Stewart is the most trusted name in news. Way more 18-34 year-olds watch The Daily Show than read, say, the New York Times or Wall Street Journal. Think about the impact on the national debate over time as generations grow up on the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, rather than on traditional news sources.

Here at APW, we're unabashed fans.

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