Sacred cow.

As he is seemingly loved by 99.9% of everyone I have ever known, I never bring up the fact that I despise Jon Stewart and The Daily Show (In a nutshell: he's not smart and/or funny enough to justify the amount of smugness radiating from him). And I probably would've remained silent and let everyone continue to give Jon the endless blow job that he's been enjoying for the past four-or-whatever years.
But then he went on CNN's Crossfire and gave them a lecture on journalism and how they're "hurting American" by being "partisan hacks." You know what? He's right: Begala and Carlson are shameless hacks in the worst way. No argument there.
What drives me insane is this new sanctimonious routine that Stewart's been pulling. He does the fake news, he's not a journalist. (Seriously, I really despise the argument "Oh, Jon Stweart is doing such good by getting the news to a group of people who wouldn't otherwise get it." Bullshit. Pick up a paper, read one online, TDS is not the news.) And on top of it, he's given access to a number of politicians and policy makers that he routinely treats with kid gloves. If he's so fucking concerned about the state of the press, he should quit The Daily Show and join 60 Minuites (they're owned by the same evil corporate entity, why not?) or, hey this is an idea, he could start asking the tough questions on his show.
Sorry. I had to get that off my chest. I probably just alienated all four of my regular readers... but I had to do that.

UPDATE: OK, so I was in a blind "it's the end of Friday and I need to leave work and get food and start the weekend" rage when I wrote that. I don't take back what I said, but I would like to articulate a little more. Yes, I am thrilled that someone called out Crossfire on being the urinal of political talk shows. I just hate that it was Jon Stewart because: 1) He's part of the problem (as in: softballing and pandering to his powerful guests) and 2) it was in such a pathetic way. Great, you called Tucker a dick. That's awesome and I'm sure it'll rally the fanbase. But how about calling Tuck and Begala out on specific issues. In addition, I'd like to point out that Stewart has been making the media rounds lately, why didn't he lash out at Fox News? Wouldn't it have been way more effective to scream at O'Reilly? True, he probably would have had his mic cut. So what about when O'Reilly showed up on Stewart's turf a week later? There, O'Reilly proclaimed himself an undecided voter and an independent. Does anyone believe that he's anything but a lapdog to the right? Stewart just nodded, acted slightly incredulous, and didn't challenge the statement. As a "social critic" and "satirist" doesn't Jon owe it to his audience to stick it to O'Reilly? (Especially when O'Reilly rarely leaves the controlled enviornment of his studio.)
OK, bleh, that's enough, I'm done... Off to revel in the weekend and whatnot.