Benjamin Weigel's List: Politics

"These people were clearly enthralled by Jon Stewart. Yeah, Jon Stewart. Little Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, the struggling stand-up comedian from New Jersey who had that totally cool and underappreciated talk show on MTV all those years ago. They sat packed together — with their notebooks and laptops — around a large rectangular table, while Jon sat alone at its head, and they asked him what could be done to keep newspapers vibrant. What wisdom did Jon Stewart — who now had presidential candidates clamoring for spots on his fake news show on key election nights — could he impart?

And thus spake Jon Stewart."