Daily Show to cover elections 2009 for WaPo? beginning of the end?

[The Count]

Jon Stewart to Cover Election for Washington Post?

By Harry Jaffe

The Daily Show is in talks to bring Jon Stewart's irreverent style online and write for washingtonpost.com.
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Sources who are part of the talks report that the Post’s Web site is talking with Comedy Central about joining forces with The Daily Show to cover the 2008 presidential campaign. These sources say that washingtonpost.com CEO & publisher Caroline Little and editor Jim Brady have been part of the conversations in New York.
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/mediapolitics/capitalcomment/3065.html

[demnan]

1. Good, maybe I'll start reading it again

n/t

[bullimiami]

2. do you think jon stewart is going to change for the post?

i dont. i think the wp smells the change in the air.

[bluescribbler]

3. He won't change

If they ask him to, he'll refuse. If they try to force him to, he'll walk.

[The Count]

4. I'm afraid he will. WaPo used to be a good paper but was coopted too.

Lots of independent film studios were bought by Fox and now make crap. Just an example.

[NYCGirl]

5. Why would they hire Jon Stewart if they didn't want him to behave like Jon Stewart?

:shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

6. It would be easy to believe that

However, the reason Jon stays on Comedy Central is to have full control of his show.
Do you think MSNBC or CNN hasn't tried to get him?
He doesn't want to be censored.
If he makes a deal with WaPo...you can rest assured it is without censorship. I don't believe he would do it any other way.