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The New York Times > Week in Review > Jon Stewart Gets Serious: If You Interview Kissinger, Are You Still a Comedian?: "S Jon Stewart being coy?

In a recent dust-up with Tucker Carlson on CNN's 'Crossfire,' Mr. Stewart defended a soft interview he conducted with John Kerry. He wasn't a commentator on CNN, like Mr. Carlson, he said, but a host on 'The Daily Show,' which is on Comedy Central.

'The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls,' he said.

Whether he likes it or not, Mr. Stewart's mix of news and satire has become so successful that the comedian is suddenly being criticized for not questioning his guests with Tim Russert-like intensity. (It has been that kind of campaign.)"

posted by Dan Flies @ 10/24/2004 01:18:00 AM