{"id":126,"date":"2015-08-10T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T22:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2015\/08\/10\/farewell-to-jon-stewart-by-keefer-cblakeslee\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T22:09:43","slug":"farewell-to-jon-stewart-by-keefer-cblakeslee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2015\/farewell-to-jon-stewart-by-keefer-cblakeslee\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Jon Stewart By Keefer C.Blakeslee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Jon_Stewart.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>August 6th<\/sup> was Jon Stewart\u2019s last time as host of The Daily Show<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

For those of you who don\u2019t know who Jon Stewart is, I\u2019ll give you a brief summary. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jon Stewart is a comedian, writer, actor, media critic, director and television host. He is known for his fake news series The Daily Show<\/em>. The show starred Stewart as he tackled political and media affairs in a satirical way. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since Stewart\u2019s last episode was on August 6th<\/sup> I wanted to pay tribute to this incredible comedian. To begin, I\u2019d like to say that I did not grow up watching The Daily Show. <\/em>In fact, I just started getting into it this year. With that said, it did not take long for me to fall in love with this man\u2019s commentary. Every chance I get I would watch his show on Comedy Central as well as segments on YouTube. Not only is he a hilarious comedian but, in the words of Howard Kurtz, \u201cWhat separated Stewart is this virtuous appetite for politics and media. This is a guy who gets ticked off about things he doesn\u2019t like in terms of political hypocrisy or media superficiality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The appetite that Kurtz talks about made his comedy stronger. When there was a subject that Stewart felt strong about his passion fueled his jokes. This made them funnier because they were sincere. Stewart knew when to be funny but, like any good comedian, knew when to be serious. His segment on the Charleston shooting that aired June, 18, 2015 still hits me hard. In this segment, Stewart does not sugar-coat the story. He shows one of his most unique aspects which is his honesty. He talks about how he watches the news and makes jokes but there are those occasions where jokes just don\u2019t fit. During the above-mentioned show Stewart said, \u201dI did not do my job…I honestly have nothing other than sadness once again that we have to peer into the abyss of depraved violence that we do to each other…\u201d The ability to open his heart to show all of his emotions made him the new Walter Cronkite. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here comes the irony of The Daily Show<\/em>. Stewart has said multiple times that he is a comedian first. He states, during a<\/span>\"Keefer.2014.5.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>n interview with Chris Wallace,\u201d My comedy is informed by an ideological (<\/span>a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy<\/span>) background… Hollywood is liberal but that\u2019s not their primary motivating force. I\u2019m not an activist, I\u2019m a comedian.\u201d Like many other people, he wants to be heard but his comments are not political. Even with his intentions, people call him the most trusted man in America. He\u2019s even been nominated for journalism and news awards. <\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart merely wanted to entertain but in the process won America\u2019s trust. Why? Because he is eloquent, educated, meaningful and, above all, funny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Jon Stewart for making the daily news enjoyable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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