There's a decency to Jon Stewart that seems to be in his fiber and which has manifested itself as a kind of professional ethic. This was driven home to me in a fascinating interview he did last night with Rachel Maddow, when, at one point, he said:
There's no honor in what I do, but I try to do it as honorably as I can.
I'm with Nick Baumann, who writes that the interview was
lengthy, contentious, and thought-provoking, but (as is always the case with Maddow's interviews) remarkably civil.
For me, much of what Stewart said is relevant to the larger public discourse on political and policy issues (especially the climate debate), not just the hyperbolic talkfest on cable television, which Stewart adroitly skewers on a nightly basis. So I thought I'd share some notable soundbites that I took away from the Stewart-Maddow interview. Here's Stewart on the dynamic ...
