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Comedy Central announced Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, that Stewart will will leave "The Daily Show" later this year on Nov. 30, 2011Brad Barket—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 26, 2015 4:53 PM UTC Jon Stewart finally offered some more insight into why he’s leaving _The Daily Show_. He opened his show Wednesday with clips of Republicans reacting to the news of his departure, many of them accusing him of distorting facts. After challenging Fox News to a “lie-off” and playing clips of some of Rush Limbaugh’s more controversial comments, including calling a girl a slut and saying white people shouldn’t feel guilt for slavery, Stewart got to the meat of his argument. “Take it from someone who’s been watching what they do for a blessedly almost over 16 years or so,” he said. “Their chronically angry war for ideological purity, where every aspect of life becomes a two dimensional battle for America’s soul—it ages you. Even watching it is killing me.” Watch the full clip below: ### See Jon Stewart's Most Memorable Guests On The Daily Show  Kurt Vonnegut appeared on the show in 2005, one of his last public appearances. Comedy Central  Denis Leary and Jon Stewart have long been friends, so every time the actor appeared on the show, the two comedians would opt to make fun of one another rather than conduct an interview, leaving the audience in stitches Comedy Central  After releasing Hugo in 2011, Martin Scorsese visited the show Comedy Central  Last year, Christopher Walken talked tap dancing on the show Comedy Central  Barack Obama appeared on the show in 2005 as a senator, twice in 2008 as a presidential candidate, again in 2010 during his fist term, and finally in 2012 as he ran for a second term Comedy Central  First Lady Michelle Obama has appeared twice on the Daily Show, once in 2008 and twice in 2012 Comedy Central  During one of Paul Rudd's may appearances on the show, Stewart revealed that the comedian was his first test guest after her took over for Craig Kilborn Comedy Central  Rachel Maddow was a repeat guest on the show where she described Justice Scalia as a "troll," said she could kill Bin Laden with a spoon and declared she was "embarrassed" by Bush Comedy Central ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723901/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show-fox-news/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723901/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show-fox-news/"},"headline":"Here's Why Jon Stewart Is Leaving The Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-02-26T16:53:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:22.360Z","description":"When it comes to conservative news, Stewart says \"even watching it is killing me.”","url":"https://time.com/3723901/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show-fox-news/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33979b8b0f7f10b4/69877e96cd1bba60026f5246/jon-steart-daily-show2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33979b8b0f7f10b4/69877e96cd1bba60026f5246/jon-steart-daily-show2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jon Stewart","caption":"Jon Stewart","creditText":"Brad Barket—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723901/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show-fox-news/","name":"Here's Why Jon Stewart Is Leaving The Daily Show"}}]}] ```