After carefully inspecting "the Treasury Secretary's calendar," Bloomberg News has revealed that Tim Geithner had a top-secret meeting with teevee comic Jon Stewart. What could this mean , besides "Tim Geithner probably doesn't put 'secret' meetings on his calendar"? Brace yourself:
The reason, according to a Treasury spokesperson: “Jon Stewart is influential in America, so we took the opportunity for the two to meet and to discuss the economy.”
This basically ends any debate about whether Stewart is a comedian or a newsman. Presumably Geithner thought it important that Stewart be well-informed on aspects of policy, and Stewart felt the same way.
Exactly. Jon Stewart wants to be "well-informed" about issues that he talks about on his teevee show, therefore: definitely not a newsman . Thank you for confirming that Jon Stewart is a comedian, Bloomberg News!
just discussing olbermann's move to treasury.