Donald Trump: Jon Stewart delivers biting commentary on the media's coverage of the Republican candidate
To be clear, Stewart's Trump impression is, well, not good – but that wasn't really the point
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Your support makes all the difference.Jon Stewart doesn't have his own TV show anymore, so there's been a lot less of him dumping on the media than there used to be. (It was kind of his thing.)
But on Thursday, he borrowed his old buddy Stephen Colbert's show to do just that — all while trying to draw attention to his pet issue, the so-calledZadroga Act for 9/11 first responders.
Stewart and Colbert did a bit in which Stewart delivered his pitch for the law in dry, purposely extra-boring tones, with Colbert constantly urging him to Trump it up — i.e. don a Donald wig, then wear Cheetos as makeup, then actually do a Trump impression.
(The bit starts at about 2:45.)
To be clear, Stewart's Trump impression is, well, not good. But that wasn't really the point.
The subtext of it was clear and a point Stewart has been making for more than a decade: That serious issues get short shrift in the media, and carnival-barkers like Trump are given too much attention.
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