It is said that Shakespeare uses the character of the fool to say underlying truths that cannot be said. In King Lear, the Fool says things to the King that he doesn’t let anyone else say. That is a simplification of a lot of Shakespearean scholarship. But I am thinking of that a lot when I watch the Daily Show on Hulu. WHy is it that this comedian can ask real questions of people and get past thier talking points, when the ‘hard hitting reporters’ can’t?

Check out his interview with Jim Cramer and somewhere is his interview with Huckabee.

I want more Jon Stewarts on TV and less of the usual punditry and reporters listening and enabling the pundits.