Did Jon Stewart get the Zadroga bill passed?

While bringing attention to the issue helps, he did not single-handedly make it pass.

See this article.

I have to agree with @bob_ that Jon Stewart helped shame Republicans into making a deal, but II have to give credit to Fox and Friends’ Shep Smith made a huge contribution to moving it forward as well. Not many of Jon Stewart’s audience are Republican base voters, but Fox is Republican TV, and when even Fox says it’s time to move on something, it moves.

I believe that NYC Mayor Bloomberg also had quite a bit to say about this bill.

Stewart is being given a lot of credit for getting it passed. I think that every television personality has a great deal of influence—far more than any other type of media personality. So, to an extent, this is the media doing the job. Whether it should do this job or not is moot to me. They have the power and they use it as they see fit. As long as it’s not illegal, it’s hard to argue they are doing something wrong. If you think they shouldn’t do it, good luck. I doubt you’ll get anyone to stop using their power.