“There is today essentially no program on all of cable television that pairs left and right perspectives on camera as co-equal hosts, allowed to engage in free and open debate about the topics of the day.”
Every political show on TV and even on radio, only seem to have leftist voices and no conservative viewpoints.
I would agree that the premise of left vs right is faulty. There are more than 2 views and more than 2 political perspectives. This left/right stuff serves to divide more than unite and do agree it has made it harder in recent years to debate anything at all with reason, facts, stats & data, historical perspective etc. Though I don’t think that’s what John Stewart meant.