Death blow to the troop surge?

A number of polls have shown that younger television viewers get their news from Comedy Central's Daily Show and that Jon Stewart's credibility is pretty high. Stewart is also an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. So, it is a little disturbing to me that at a time when a number of politicians who had previously opposed the troop surge are now calling for it to be continued (the latest being Brian Baird) that the Daily Show is now proposing to do real reporting from Iraq.

NEW YORK -

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," whose phony news coverage has long included phony "remotes" from war-torn Iraq, will be reporting from Iraq for real next week.

Giving its green screen a temporary rest, the Comedy Central series will air "Operation Silent Thunder: `The Daily Show' in Iraq," several onsite dispatches filed by Senior War Correspondent Rob Riggle.

source: Forbes

I have the feeling that if Stewart throws a negative spin on things this will be a death blow for the troop surge.

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