Daily Show: Jon Meacham talks to Jon Stewart about the media

Jon Meacham of Newsweek discusses how the media cover elections with Jon Stewart.

Here are some highlights that interested me.

Jon Stewart says Ron Paul has beaten Rudy Giuliani in every primary; yet, when the media talk about Ron Paul on air they just laugh.

Meacham says he believes the media is not ideologically driven but is conflict driven. If there is any bias, it is a bias toward conflict. Conflict is inherently interesting and makes the news interesting.

Listen to the complete interview at:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=148076&title=jon-meacham

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