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Jon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake

  • Written by Dannagal G. Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Delaware
imageJon Stewart does a segment on Feb. 13, 2024, on the Biden-Trump rematch.Screenshot, The Daily Show

It’s an uncomfortable truth: Jon Stewart and Donald Trump both tapped the same well of latent public disaffection with politics and the media in the 2000s. Trust in media and government had been declining for several decades. But the symbiotic...

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