NBC Anchor Tells Why Jon Stewart Is Good For News

Courtesy NPR: Arts & Culture  Sat, 01/09/2010 - 18:40

Many journalists have come to think of the comedian (above) as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop — and one whose nightstick leaves painfully embarrassing welts, says NBC anchor Brian Williams.

He explains why no journalist wants to show up on The Daily Show unless he's got a book to promote.

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