CBS Evening News With Jon Stewart?

In today’s Chronicle, Tim Goodman says the Nightline “anchor troika solves nothing,” and adds: “Welcome to fourth place, ABC.”

Then he praises The Daily Show — “arguably the most valuable news filter on television” — and offers some advice to CBS:

“If CBS Chairman Les Moonves wants a real revolution instead of a prettier version of Moran, Bashir and McFadden, he should just air The Daily Show in the CBS Evening News slot and let the walls come tumbling down.” Here’s the column…

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