As you probably know, tonight is the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I'm pretty upset about it. I haven't missed a Daily Show episode since I first started DVRing the program about seven or eight years ago, which not coincidentally, is about the same time we started this site.
Yes, it's fair to say The Daily Show has been a big influence on some of the things we do here at TLO. Our style and attitude may be different, and we're not anywhere close to the program in terms of quality, but just like Jon Stewart and his gang of writers and correspondents, we get a kick out of exposing the hypocrisy and mental instability of our politicians, media, and culture.