Jon Stewart Talks Rupert Murdoch: Not Powerful, Just Tool Of Powerful People (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart Talks Rupert Murdoch: Not Powerful, Just Tool Of Powerful People (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart hosted Michael Wolff, author of Rupert Murdoch bioraphy "The Man Who Owns The News," Tuesday night on "The Daily Show."

Stewart, who has gone toe to toe with Murdoch's Fox News, disputed Wolff's claim that Murdoch "is the most powerful man for the longest period in our era."

"But his power is a power of influence," Stewart said. "He doesn't have bombs."

"I'm not sure!" Wolff snapped back.

"The leaders in power can always find a Rupert," Stewart said, arguing that Murdoch is not uniquely powerful but rather a tool of powerful people.

Stewart also noted that he was struck in reading Wolff's book by Murdoch's lack of any apparent consistent ideological bias. Instead, he observed, Murdoch's singular consistent trait is ambition.

"Can he have me killed?" Stewart asked Wolff of Murdoch.

"The question is," Wolff said, "can he have you canceled?"

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