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Jon Stewart and his significance to Indian media

That's cheesy, Mr President: Obama on air with the witty Jon Stewart When the most powerful citizen in the world makes an appearance on your TV show seven times, and makes special efforts to cultivate you, rest assured that you have made it as a showman. In fact, Barack Obama, on his last appearance on this show had quirkily commented to its host, “Can’t believe that you are leaving before me.” Little wonder, then, that when Jon Stewart bid adieu to  The Daily Show , the US late-night talk-cum-satire show that he had anchored for 16 years, news organizations from around the world —  Bloomberg  and  The Times of India  included — chose to chronicle his career. Every news organization worth its salt compiled “when Jon Stewart made us look back at serious moments” videos. His contemporaries and rivals alike have been busy penning eulogies that have swamped the virtual world. Needless to say, social media and the internet have been awash with tributes and brickbats,