Happy 50th birthday Jon Stewart: 10 classic Stewart moments
By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com
Jon Stewart, king of fake news and host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, turns the big 5-0 Wednesday.
Appropriately, on the show preceding his birthday, he talked cake. In a classic take-down of absurd media coverage, Stewart rips apart the narrative surrounding Hostess's bankruptcy filing.
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Throwing around a few low-brow puns and shredding news laziness by pointing out basic contradictions in reporting wouldn't be enough to earn a remarkable 10 consecutive Emmy awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.
Here are 10 classic moments (one for each Emmy!) of Jon Stewart doing what he does best.