[hinckley buzzard]

people may have picked Stewart just to point out the lack of “real newspersons”.

I doubt it. I saw a newspiece some months ago reporting that a large proportion of the yout' demographic, 18-25 or whatever, use the Daily Show as their primary news source.

[BigSkyFreeper]

... I saw a newspiece some months ago reporting that a large proportion of the yout' demographic, 18-25 or whatever, use the Daily Show as their primary news source.

That's been the case long before Stewart and Colbert become household names.