Fox News wore Jon Stewart down:
How 16 years of debunking right-wing lies exhausted the last honest man Stewart is stepping aside because he's exhausted by our petty, dangerous politics. Now we're really screwed SOPHIA A. MCCLENNEN Post AP/Reuters/Comedy Central/Salon If you are feeling withdrawal after the first week of Jon Stewart’s two-week break from “The Daily Show,” then consider how you will feel after his run ends on Aug. 6. As he explained on July 2 before vacation, he is off for two weeks only to come back for a three-week sprint to the finish. Ever since he announced in February that he was stepping down, many of us have wondered how our dysfunctional political and media culture will operate without the hard-hitting satire he has offered us for over 16 years. There is little doubt that Stewart has not just played a role as a powerful public intellectual able to critique the media and politicians when we need it most; he has also redefined satire in an era when most media and politi