“We’ve fallen into this false sense of urgency that they create,” Stewart said. “That idea that everything is breaking news and that if you’re not watching us, you’re going to miss this thing.

“But nothing they’re saying is of any import because nobody filters it. (Print reporters) are able to step back for a moment and think. They’re not. They’re just pointing a camera and saying, ‘What do you think that is? I don’t know. Let’s go to ‘The Situation Room.’ ”

“It’s about earning your authority back. That gravitas,” Stewart told the print journalists. “It’s showing an expertise. It’s the whole reason you guys are in the business. You’re not on anyone’s team. You’re on our team. And that’s what’s stopped.”

Thank you, Jon. Thank you.