Jon Stewart Blasts Media’s Swift Consensus On Paul Ryan

The media’s reaction to Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate was “swift and universal,” Jon Stewart said on Monday. Pundits finally breathed a sigh of relief that the political conversation will now be one of substance.

“As the media, couldn’t you have made it a discussion about the real issues from the start?” Stewart said. “Or did a gypsy put a curse on you? ‘Hello, media, you will babel bullshit until a sad-eyed man from the north country is chosen by a Mormon. Good luck.'”

But alas, if this is what it takes, Stewart said. “To the substantive new discourse!” Or something like that.