LIZZ WINSTEAD Instead of Jon playing a characterthe news anchor, one of the derelicts in a derelict world of mediaJon made a creative decision to take the show in the direction of the correspondents presenting the idiocy, and then Jon is the person who calls out the idiocy with the eloquence that the viewer wishes they had. And he did it in a way thats not condescending, its not smug. Its funny, its emotional, its calling out bullshit. So Jon became the voice of the audience.

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