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If You Build It, They Will Come

September 25, 2004

Ben Karlin, executive producer of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” during a Q&A Friday on WashingtonPost.com:

Question: “Why do YOU think the show resonates so well as a source of political news?”

Karlin: “Many people in this country have strong bullshit detectors. For some reason, most major media outlets have turned theirs off out of fear of being labeled partisan.”

Steve Lovelady was editor of CJR Daily.