“I have to think about how many kids are watching Jon Stewart right now and dreaming of growing up and doing what Jon Stewart does. Just like kids two generations ago watched Murrow or Cronkite and dreamed of doing that. Some of these ambitious appetites and callings that have brought people into journalism in the past may now manifest themselves in these other arenas, like comedy.”

Professor Robert Thompson in this NYT news analysis about Jon Stewart: In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow (via thedeadline)

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