If anyone here wants to get a feel for Jon Stewart on his own show, they offer a lot of streaming media on their web site. The new stuff is Windows Media, the older is Real.

I'm tempted to get the audiobook version of the book, as most people describe it as an commercial free audio only version of The Daily Show.

The problems with the media here in the US became aparent to me right around 9/11/01. After that point, I made an effort to get my news mostly from non US based sources, and so far I have been happy with relying on places like the BBC.