Jon Stewart and Crossfire

Television so rarely offers us truely unplanned moments that are not filled with the superficial pettiness of "reality tv". This now-famous visit by Jon Stewart to the live CNN show "Crossfire" does this. The program was taken off the air shortly after this episode (was this the last?).

To attack the show so intelligently, so confidently, on live television is a testiment to Jon Stewart's brilliance. In a political climate where speaking out against what is widely (blindly?) assumed to be truth is so controversial, moments like these act as role models for the outspokenness we should all aspire to.




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