Mediagazer: As ‘Daily Show’ turns 15 years old, Jon Stewart's best media criticism moments (Julie Moos/Poynter)

12:45 AM ET, July 23, 2011

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Julie Moos / Poynter:

As ‘Daily Show’ turns 15 years old, Jon Stewart's best media criticism moments — The longest-running show on Comedy Central debuted July 21, 1996 — 15 years ago this week. Jon Stewart became host of “The Daily Show” in 1999, and has been commenting on the media ever since.

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Investigative journalism and breaking the rules — The phone-hacking scandal has put investigative journalism in the dock. Yet without investigative journalism - and in particular the meticulous work of one investigative journalist, Nick Davies, of the Guardian - it's a scandal that would have never seen the light of day.

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