Portside Date: February 13, 2015

Date of source: February 13, 2015

Portside

So Jon Stewart is stepping down and moving on. We'll miss him on the Daily Show, but we're pretty sure that the kind of humor Stewart has personified and that the Daily Show has incubated will, as comedy must, keep reinventing itself. Comedy that saves its barbs for the powerful. Comedy that dissects prejudice and not the poor. Laughter that echoes across the space of real politics. Unsparing and uncynical. Unselfish comedy, in which large and -- shall we say -- distinctive personalities express themselves and also manage real camaraderie. So today we feature one trademark Jon Stewart bit (from the same show he acknowledged his intention to move on), in one more epic takedown of Fox News hypocricy. And then four more clips showcasing other talents from the Daily Show stable. Please stay tuned with us as we keep an eye out for the good fight and the good laugh. -- moderator

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Let's Have a Conversation About Race

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