I don’t think Stewart is a corporate stooge but my point was I also don’t think he is going to do exposes ala getting on the front lines or digging deep to find corruption. He’s not going to connect with sources to help leak information. He’s not going to the riots to see what is actually happening.

He is “soft” in that his role is, and always has, been commentary. When your role is only commentary I expect you to comment on big issues, especially when your platform is huge.

I think to when Occupy Wall Street happened - Stewart had a GIGANTIC platform at the time. While he was somewhat supportive of the movement he was also somewhat mocking at the same time. He straddled the line. At a critical time when the movement was shaky and support from a huge media figure like him could have made a tremendous difference he chose to play it safe, likely to protect his cushy existence. Or maybe he evolved, his rhetoric in recent years has certainly been much more pro labor