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He was well loved for sure
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If you think it would be easy to replace Jon Stewart because the show writers are the stars, ask yourself “who is Craig Kilborn?”
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Stewart was a force of nature, frequently underestimated by the media he so forcefully lampooned, and his own guests. His collegial nature, sometimes seen as a vice given his friendly treatment of guests like Bill O’Rielly, was also one of his biggest strengths. No matter how viciously he eviscerated people on his show, his likeable nature meant that he always had access to the guests he wanted. It is very difficult to hate Jon Stewart, and the ‘liberal media’ will never be the same without him.
Losing Stewart and Colbert in the same year is heart breaking. Good thing that both Oliver and Wilmore have far exceeded my expectations so far (especially John Oliver).
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Yup. Although Stewart literally remade the show more than just by hosting it, giving it an attitude and a mission that transformed it from the tame spoof of local news and magazine shows it was originally. No going back to that – as Oliver’s hosting gig proved, the whole enterprise is now imbued with that attitude and mission. That said, I’m still in anticipatory mourning; maybe even more than his wit and his sharp eye, his humanity makes him irreplaceable.
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