Yes, Jon Stewart has shown some independence from the super-woke. The lab leak bit on Colbert was amazing; I don't know how he managed to survive the censorial groupthink that forbade any such discussion of the theory at that time. '

And he scored some points in my book last year when the media tried to use his jokes about the Harry Potter series to revive the mob attacks on J.K. Rowling and he made a point to come out and affirmatively express his appreciation of J.K. Rowling and her work. He did not have to do that, and many celebrities these days wouldn't risk being associated with her.