Jon Stewart is also a journalist. Saying he's not doesn't make it not so.
But unless Stewart was elected to the Senate when I wasn't paying attention, he doesn't have the ethical conflict that someone who reports on the technology business while simultaneously investing in it has.
(I'll pre-empt your next likely counterpoint by pointing out that having a point of view is not the same as an ethical conflict of interest, and that opinion has always had a place in the discipline of journalism.)
But unless Stewart was elected to the Senate when I wasn't paying attention, he doesn't have the ethical conflict that someone who reports on the technology business while simultaneously investing in it has.
(I'll pre-empt your next likely counterpoint by pointing out that having a point of view is not the same as an ethical conflict of interest, and that opinion has always had a place in the discipline of journalism.)