Ranting to /dev/null

"The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls."

That's what Jon Stewart had to say to the two schmucks on CNN's Crossfire when he appeared there tonight. I don't get cable, so I didn't see it, but I did read the transcript, which is pretty damn good. He actually tears into the Crossfire guys for not promoting debate and not being hard on politicians. They say he's way to fawning for politicians, and he responds with the above quote. He also makes the offhand comment that he didn't know that "the news organizations look to Comedy Central for their cues on integrity". When Jon Stewart of all people has the ability to tear into the oldest, most prestigious, and 2nd most-watched cable news network for their shoddy journalism (CARLSON: "You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think." STEWART: "You need to go to one."), the state of the union is not good.

UPDATE: Here's a link to the show.