This Monica Goodling fiasco just won’t stay buried, I guess. Messiah College has once again had its reputation dragged through the mud (find more in this old post). The Daily Show has taken an even lower blow in its mention of Messiah College. In a “stroll down memory lane” on the show, Jon Stewart covered the Goodling scandal again. This time, Stewart goes beyond merely using the name of the school as a laugh line (as he did in May 2007) and says, “Messiah College: where people have faith that they’ll receive a quality education and yet somehow it never arrives.” Never mind that Messiah College was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as number four in its “Best Colleges” for comprehensive bachelor’s colleges in the North in 2007 and 2008. And never mind that it is actually a pretty progressive place! The comment is about a minute into this video:

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1438156&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D178077]I’m going to repeat what I said during the bad press about Goodling:

“Lesson: Don’t judge an entire academic institution based on the actions of one of its alumni. At the same time, don’t pass immediate judgment on an alumna because of your assumptions about Christian colleges.”

Come on, Jon Stewart. We know you’re smarter than that.