By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK -– As news broke Friday afternoon that CNN executives were considering bringing back “Crossfire”, the conversation on Twitter quickly turned to “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart.
Stewart was never a regular on “Crossfire,” the right-vs.-left political debate show that aired on CNN for 22 years. But his heated October 2004 spat with then co-host Tucker Carlson, and his on-air critique that the show was “hurting America,” has become linked with its demise. “I agree wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart‘s overall premise,” former CNN president Jon Klein said upon pulling the plug on “Crossfire” in January 2005.
But in interviews with The Huffington Post, several former “Crossfire” co-hosts said they believed Stewart’s criticism was over the top. They expressed hope for the long-running show’s return, emphasizing the decades of important political and policy debates hashed out on set.
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