Tuesday night NBC sent a memo to its staff saying it had suspended the lead anchor Brian Williams, for six month without pay. The suspension was effective immediately and was representing an “appropriate” action for the anchor who goofed up a bogus tale of Iraq bravery. While covering the Iraq war he reported that the helicopter he was travelling in to cover the war news was hit with a grenade. However, some sources reported that he was travelling in another helicopter, which wasn’t actually hit.
An hour before this, Comedy Central network announced that Jon Stewart will step down later this year as the host of The Daily Show, after making the show popular with his comic genius for nearly 16 years.
Social media fans immediately started reacting to the news on Twitter, Facebook and possibly all such platforms. Few also proposed a nasty idea of exchanging their roles, with Stewart joining NBC and Williams hosting The Daily Show.
Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post compiles such comments to shed more light on the topic in the piece titled, “Why Jon Stewart and Brian Williams should just switch jobs.”
McCoy quotes the tweet of @TheTweetOfGod who considered it much obvious that Jon Stewart is leaving and Brian Williams is looking for work.
Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times also asked who all would like to have Jon Stewart to replace Brian Williams at NBC?
Williams is also known for his guest appearances at number of comedy shows including The Daily Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Late Show with David Letterman. Few years ago, he is also reported to lobby NBC to have him Jay Leno’s chair at The Tonight Show. Surprisingly, one former colleague also informed New York that Williams wanted to be a late-night comedian.
On the other hand, a 2008 Pew Research suggested that Stewart has become as much a serious newsman as anything else as he ranked fourth among the most admired journalist. Williams finished right ahead of Stewart in that poll.