The worst of times for politics and media has been the best of times for The Daily Show’s host—and unfortunately things are getting even funnier.

The jet-set self-described Cassandra, now living in the West Village, is ready to defend America’s besieged middle class.

The editor of the National Enquirer has little use for the fake celebrity world of Us Weekly and OK! Instead, he wants to open a D.C. bureau.

The strange gender-humor divide in fake-real news.

In a world of loud voices and extreme positions, David Brooks manages to be both irrelevant and absolutely essential.

Next up: Joy Behar?

John Stossel, Libertarian newsman, is often anxious.

Last week, NBC refugee Conan O’Brien announced he’d been granted asylum (for a reported $10 million a year), not by a broadcast network but by cable-TV pioneer TBS.

A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York—with the help of their iPhones. Are they dreaming? Definitely. But in a good way.

Thirty years ago, CNN, now in decline, was as revolutionary as Google. It had a pretty good run.