Stewart gave out " Medals of Reasonableness " cast in bronze with an image of an owl and the Latin motto '' Sit vis nobiscum , '' liberally translated by Stewart as " May the Force be with you , " to : Colbert awarded " Medals of Fear " cast with an image of a naked man running with scissors and the Latin motto '' Cave ne cadmium sit , '' which Colbert translated as " Warning : May contain Cadmium , " to : Zuckerberg 's award was presented '' in absentia . '' The media outlets ' award was accepted on their behalf by " someone with more courage — a seven-year-old girl . " Also , videotaped messages were shown of Steven Slater , known from the 2010 JetBlue flight attendant incident , and reality TV star Teresa Giudice , both apologizing for public acts of " unreasonableness . " After defeating Colbert 's " Fearzilla " , Stewart closed the rally with a " moment ... for some sincerity " to explain his intentions for the rally : He criticized the role the press plays in polarizing political debates , stating that the media — which he described as " the country 's 24-hour politico – pundit perpetual panic ' conflict-inator ' " — only amplifies problems and no longer makes a distinction between " hav ing animus " and " be ing enemies . " He warned that demonizing opponents and accepting propaganda makes people " less safe , not more " and that " it is an insult , not only to those people , but to the racists themselves who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate . " Much of the speech was devoted to the idea that " m ost Americans do n't live their lives solely as Democrats , Republicans , liberals or conservatives . " He spoke on the subject of " reasonable compromises " that happen " every day " between persons of different beliefs , citing as an example traffic merging at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel connecting New York City and Jersey City
JetBlue flight attendant incident
JetBlue flight attendant incident
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear