Jon Stewart
Host of The Daily Show
Causes: Criminal Justice, Health Care, Human Rights, War and Peace
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Jon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic, Emmy-award winner, and stand-up comedian. He is best known as the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program airing on Comedy Central.
He was rated America's most trusted news anchor in a Time magazine poll. The Daily Show has won 2 Peabody awards for its election coverage. In addition, Stewart and The Daily Show received the 2005 NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language.
On September 24, 2004, the online "Campaign Desk: Critique and analysis of 2004 campaign coverage from Columbia Journalism Review" published what they called "A Campaign Desk Honor Roll, of Sorts", offering "a short list of reporters who consistently rise above the superficial to do original and often insightful work". #4 on the list of 20 journalists was Jon Stewart and"The Daily Show" (1996) on Comedy Central - coming in ahead of many writers for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and other highly rated periodicals and newspapers.
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