Comedy Central: Young People Don't Get Their News From Jon Stewart

As a satirist and New York media fixture, Jon Stewart has emerged as an unlikely kingmaker in this season of rushed political primaries. “Yes, he’s absolutely taking his kingmaker status in stride,” emailed Tony Fox, EVP for corporate communications at Comedy Central, to FishbowlNY. Former Senator John Edwards actually made an unofficial pre-announcement of his intention to run for President on The Daily Show on September 15, 2003 (To which Jon Stewart responded memorably, “You do realize that this is a fake news show”).