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Jon Stewart has to find humor even when the news is grim

by Dan DeLuca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[25.Apr.07] :. It’s Jon Stewart’s job to make fun of the news, even when there’s nothing remotely funny about it. Such was the case last week when Stewart and the cast of Comedy Central’s...

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