Daily Show likes Milbloggers?

It seems to be the case. Small Dead Animals reports that Jon Stewart had wat appears to have been a very pleasant exchange about the milblogs.

Last night on the Daily Show, John Stewart interviewed John Hockenberry on his upcoming article in Wired on military bloggers. Stewart has been reading milblogs and was enthusiastic and complimentary on the quality of writing – which is no surprise to those who follow the blogosphere. He seemed puzzled that the mainstream had ignored their stories – also no surprise to those who follow the blogosphere.

Hockenberry explained how he became interested – relating an incident about running head to head with a then little known milblogger “2Slick” – and how badly it came back to bite him. After 2Slick posted his highly insulting email, Hockenberry began receiving thousands of emails and feared his career was over.

They quickly made amends, 2Slick is retired and back in the States, and there is a “convert” in the media.

Good for Hockenberry and good for Jon Stewart, who seems to be more even-handed on his “fake” news show than many “professional members of the press” manage to be.