On one of his last shows as host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart looked at all the hype directed at him for taking on the big banks, racism, ISIS, and Fox News and asks himself the important question: Did he help in solving these problems at all?
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I can remember one accomplishment. He killed the show “Crossfire”. That was definitely a good thing.
Oh John, don’t feel bad. You got Jim Cramer to stop pumping fly-by-night stocks to the gullible masses. Oh, wait …
John Stewart made a lot of people laugh and a lot of people think. That counts.
Bit late in the thread but see also :
w.upworthy.com/6-times-something-jon-stewart-said-or-did-actually-made-a-difference-in-the-world?c=reccon3
If anyon’es still interested?
Er, make that :
http://www.upworthy.com/6-times-something-jon-stewart-said-or-did-actually-made-a-difference-in-the-world?c=reccon3
with link fixed now.
He most impressed me when he made the Redskins change their name.
Oh wait, he didn’t even manage to do that.