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THE DAILY SHOW’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on blogs, journalism, and the intertwining/navel-gazing of the two:

JON: Ted, you’re sort of ‘old media,’ you’re an old media reporter. What are your thoughts on, in your mind, the role of these new media figures?

STEPHEN: Jon, the vast majority of bloggers out there are responsible correspondents doing fine work in niche reporting fields like Gilmore Girl fan fiction, or cute things their cats do or photoshopped images of the Gilmore Girls as cats. That’s great. Where I draw the line is with these “attack bloggers,” just someone with a computer who gathers, collates and publishes accurate information that is then read by the general public. They have no credibility. All they have is facts. Spare me…

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