[tolbiny]

"You can't have it both ways. Either we can't take him seriously and thus we shouldn't criticize his political stances and the way he favors Kerry, or we should accept his serious pronouncements on politics and hold him to his own standards."

Stewart's show is a comedy, it bills itself as a comedy, and they constantly make fun of themselves. If you watch the show as a credible news source it is because you are ignoring the fact that it is not, they don't claim to be. Crossfire claims to be a debate show, jon stewart is attacking them for being theatrical and not a debate show in reality. He feels that they are intentionally misleading their audiences for ratings. He is pointing out his belief that they could do a much better job at a debate show than they currently are.