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Jon Stewart of the Daily Show. Always questioning, always seeking the truth, and very hilarious.
ETA: No, I'm not joking, he's one of my personal heroes, specifically because of his desire to understand in the most rational way possible. He may not be very good at it, being more of an everyman than a highly educated philosopher, but he has it as a core value nonetheless.
ETA2: I now wish I hadn't posted this.
I'm an avid Daily Show watcher, but, uh, what? In what way is Stewart a rationalist?
He's a rationalist in the way that he desires truth and to understand.
The interview sections with scientists, economists, politicians, etc., all show that he desires to get beyond the standard talking points and to the numbers, the predictions, and the facts, and he feels that most of the media is failing due to their inability to run the numbers. He expresses that he ends up even more confused than when he started listening to them. Saying "I'm confused" is admirable, in my opinion, especially when dealing with subjects LessWrong banned entirely due to their mind-killing attributes.