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Jon Stewart — the man who loves to be called a nonpartisan, a scourge of cant, an honest soul who follows the truth wherever it leads — has been secretly taking trips to the White House to receive intense one-on-one lobbying from President Obama.
Moreover, Politico reported Tuesday, “Daily Show” staffers routinely call up the White House to get the administration’s input.
Austan Goolsbee, a former top economic adviser to the president, frequently emailed with his college classmate Scott Bodow, a “Daily Show” executive producer, to offer spin. Obama flunky David Axelrod often reached out directly to Stewart.
Obama himself would summon Stewart to Washington for meetings.
It turns out Jon Stewart isn’t our Edward R. Murrow or our Mark Twain. He’s more like our . . . Jay Carney. Don’t count on future generations knowing Stewart’s name any more than they will know Carney’s.
Remember when, under a Republican president, it was the duty of all comedians to be the loyal opposition, to speak truth to power? Stewart does the opposite.
Jon Stewart’s secret Obama meetings reveal he’s a partisan hack | New York Post
Not only did Stewart meet secretly with Obama, but it looks as if he or his staff communicated regularly with White House hacks so that he would know their talking points. Yes, he is a comedian, but he portrays himself as an unbiased observer of national issues. Now, it turns out that he is worse than a political hack. He has been a disingenuous propagandist for Obama.
good riddance mouthpiece.