A bad day for the conventional wisdom industry

So Brian Williams is out for six months, and Jon Stewart is quitting. A few thoughts:

• Williams apparently liked to tell tall tales. Well, he works for NBC, where that sort of thing has a long legacy. It's difficult to feel too bad for Williams, who will likely land on his feet somewhere eventually. Lester Holt gets a six-month audition for the lead anchor spot at NBC and he'll do just fine, as he's sufficiently earnest and mildly stentorian. He should be able to move the Metamucil as well as Williams ever did. 
• Stewart's departure has my social media feed crying, as many of my lefty friends really love their fake news. I didn't watch Stewart much over the years but it was easy enough to see his act, since nearly every bit he's done since 1999 has been posted somewhere on the internet. From time to time he'd go after a liberal about something or other, but probably 95% of the time he trained his writing staff's snark on conservative targets, a completely brave move in America. It takes great courage to ridicule John Boehner and we should celebrate Stewart's many accomplishments in purveying conventional wisdom.