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Jon Stewart’s interview with John Bolton is worth watching. What struck me most was not the content of the discussion itself, but it was just that there were two people talking calmly and disagreeing about most things. Compare that to most “real” news shows on cable, where they either:
- Have guests they already agree with
- Invite on disagreeing guests literally in order to yell at/lecture them for the crowd
- Talk about stories of little importance, like missing teens or celebrity news.
I had a good O’Reilly clip that demonstrated the difference well, but I don’t have the link, and it was so disheartening to watch that I don’t really want to find it again.

The daily show followup to the interview was pretty funny.