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[Via Opinio Juris]
by Kevin Jon Heller
According to a national poll conducted by Time, now that Walter Cronkite is dead, John Stewart is America’s most trusted newscaster. Stewart, 44%. Brian Williams, 29%. Charlie Gibson, 19%. Katie Couric: 7%.(I guess I shouldn’t mock. If those were the choices, I’d have voted for him, too.)
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Nothing demonstrates the decline in broadcast journalism than this. A basic cable comedian is viewed as a more trusted newcaster in America. This would be viewed as satire if someone wrote about it.
(Yes, of course it is an internet poll and is not scientific at all. BUt it is amusing that Time thought to add John Stewart to the mix. It certainly brought a lot of traffic to their site. I was really interested in finding out who was everyone’s favorite character in the series after Harry Potter?
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