From NY Times’s Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?: “When Americans were asked in a 2007 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press to name the journalist they most admired, Mr. Stewart, the fake news anchor, came in at No. 4, tied with the real news anchors Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw of NBC, Dan Rather of CBS and Anderson Cooper of CNN. And a study this year from the center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism concluded that ‘ ‘The Daily Show’ is clearly impacting American dialogue’ and ‘getting people to think critically about the public square.’”
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Sign of the apocalypse. Let’s hear it for fake news and editied clips that can shape the political landscape. It makes sense it is in New York, the place where Nast took down Tweed with cartoons. We have sure come along way.
I know they claim to be the best “fake news” organization on the planet, but it’s tough to call the Daily Show fake news. They’re the only outfit still reporting on the various White House scandals, the only outfit to provide context for what our government spokespeople are saying, and the only outfit that actually has a memory longer than a single news cycle.
Put simply, they’re the only news program on TV that actually does what a free press is supposed to do: speak truth to power.
The fact that they do so with a sense of humor is just an added bonus.
but they are not reporting all the facts and use edited footage to make a parody of what they are reporting but other then that yeah they are top notch.
There’s a dictum that creative nonfiction writers tell their students: “Don’t let the facts get in the way of the truth.” I’d say the Daily Show follows that idea.
And whose to say parody isn’t a form of journalism? If parody clears the air of bullshit, then I’m all for it.
I mean, you don’t think that “the news” can only be reported by a stone-faced reporter, do you? And that “information” can only be communicated through dull and lifeless reporting? I don’t see why you can’t have a sense of humor, partake in satire and parody, and still do a better job of covering the day’s events than any other news outfit on television.
but they are not covering the days events in a way that truly represents what has happened. It is fine as long as a person actually uses other sources or outlets to get information. If this is a persons only source for current events then it is bad.
Whose to say how much “news” each person should get and “where” it comes from. It is up to each individual to decide how informed they want to be and how they get said information. It everyone’s personal responsability and others should not judge others on their decisions. There is no good and bad here, there is just a medium (the daily show) and a group of people who are informed and entertained by that medium.
Everything is biased, dilluted, corrupted, exagerrated, and mangled to some extent - there is no purity in the distribution of information. Therefore, you must make do with what is available to you and decipher your own views from those messages (and how they are presented to you).
There has been too much energy wasted on this website complaining about bias-ness of certain outlets and information sources.
So if I get all my news from the onion I would be considered informed? I would be a funny bastard I admit.
If you have the ability to watch the daily show then there should be a number of other outlets available to you. I think NPR and BBC news do a hell of a job reporting the news mostly unbiased at least until there are callers (the complaint I have with NPR is some of their segments are too short but I understand why they have to do it)
I never said the daily show was biased.
Honestly Kyle why do I have to spell milwaukee in this stupid thing
Here’s the way democracy is supposed to work, Adam.
The government says or does something. A free press then acts as a watchdog, spreading the news about whatever the government has said or done. A good press takes it one step further and provides context for that statement or action. The public engages with that free press, and come election day, the public takes action by either supporting more of the same or electing someone new.
Unfortunately, the press in the United States is no longer free. Sure, they have the theoretical right to say and print whatever they want (short of libel and slander), but with Big Business owning the print, manufacture, and distribution chain (not to mention the giant antennas, the cameras, and the production studio), the press is now controlled by the profit motive, and the ability to make a profit is deeply entangled with the statements and actions of our government, hence, the increasing bias of which you speak.
Keep in mind this is not the political, religious, and moral bias of individuals. This is the bias of corporations.
But thanks to the Internet, the press that is supposed to act as our mighty watchdog on government is now subject to a horde of tiny little watchdogs of its own. And when it steps out of line, it is — and it should be — subject to criticism.
The “way too much energy” that you suggest is wasted on this website is, I contend, channeled in exactly the right direction if democracy in this country is to flower.
Unless you were talking about Justin complaining all the time about the bias of the sources I submit.
In that case…um….I agree with you :-)
I disagree. If you think that the press today with today’s technology fighting over ratings is going to hush a story you are nuts.
Compare this to the Kennedy era when half his personal indiscretions got swept under the table or ww2 when the press was a propaganda machine. If you have an issue at what the report I think that it is more a reflection of the people they are reporting to. The majority of this country is dumb and the news and ratings go hand in hand. They report on the news that America wants, unfortunately and that is the train wrecks, the fires, and the bad news. The late night cable news shows, BBC news and even cnn from the London desk, are pretty good. I stay away from local news, and any show that has a persons name in it.