An Insult To Edward R. Murrow

Or a commentary on the sorry-ass state of modern mainstream journalism? I'm voting for the latter. Murrow placed himself in harm's way during World War II. Jon Stewart is too much of a pussy to display a picture of Mohamed.

 First, he had his "Rally to Restore Sanity"; then he played a key role in focusing public — and political — awareness on the bill to provide health care to Sept. 11 responders. It's enough to make The New York Times wonder whether Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is a modern day Edward R.Murrow. 


“Edward R. Murrow turned public opinion against the excesses of Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s," writes the paper's Bill Carter and Brian Stelter. "Mr. Thompson noted that Mr. Murrow had an even more direct effect when he reported on the case of Milo Radulovich, an Air Force lieutenant who was stripped of his commission after he was charged with associating with communists. Mr. Murrow’s broadcast resulted in Mr. Radulovich’s reinstatement. Walter Cronkite’s editorial about the stalemate in the war in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive in 1968 convinced President Lyndon B. Johnson that he had lost public support and influenced his decision a month later to decline to run for reelection."