Jon Stewart raised the possibility of MSNBC turning into a Democratic Fox a long time ago, when he sat for an at-times uncomfortable interview by Maddow. He pressed her on the question of whether or not “it’s all tribal” and repeatedly pressed her on the central point of overlooking the flaws of one “side,” or even dividing the world into “sides” at all. The problem with the cable news “conflictonator,” he said, is “we’ve all bought into the idea that the conflict in the country is left and right, Republicans and Democrats.” He talked of a larger issue of “corruption vs. non-corruption,
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