Okay, it's good for Jon Stewart to be funny, and may even be important for the health of our society that he be so, but come on, Media People, he's quite good at that, so you really don't need to go so far out of your way to make his job easier. Make him work for the laughs; he's up to the challenge.
[Gretchen Carlson of Fox said that Obama's having to make tough decisions was "just like our job," and that being a news anchor is "the same thing as being the president of the United States."]