Tom Junod's fascinating profile of Jon Stewart

That article wasn't a feature, a profile, an essay, a think piece, or anything else "journalistic". It wasn't fascinating.

It was a rant plain and simple.

 

Really? Like DD, I don't necessarily agree with the conclusion he reached, but the journey there was fascinating. A rant implies something simplistic and not well thought out. I disagree wholeheartedly that it was a rant.

 

You leave my friend Jon alone!

 

It's a think piece about a high-level funny man struggling with his own limitations in the harsh face of stardom.

 

Fantastic.

 

Granger: How's that Stewart profile coming?
Junod: I can't believe the prick won't talk to me, Tom Junod.
Granger: So do you want to kill it?
Junod: Nah, I'll just throw together a rambling hit piece on what a phony asshole he is.
Granger: Genius! I'll commission an illustration and we can still sell it as a profile.
Junod: That'll work.

 

Carlin never had this audience or wielded this power.

 

Compared to newspapers.