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| | The George effect - The Boston Globe |
 | | Stewart himself is in such demand as a cultural arbiter that he recently moderated a panel on the future of the magazine industry, which might seem odd unless you know that ''The Daily Show" owes a creative debt to one magazine in particular: George. |
 | | A decade ago it was provocative to suggest, as George did, that the dividing lines among politics, pop culture, and celebrity had become so blurred as to be meaningless. |
 | | George covered up-and-coming commentators such as Bill Maher, Matt Drudge, Arianna Huffington, and Michael Moore, all of whom blended journalism, pop culture, and politics in a decidedly unorthodox manner. |
| www.boston.com /news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/10/09/the_george_effect (787 words) |
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