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How's This For Your Moment of Zen: The Daily Show Is Journalism
mediabistro.com: TVNewser —
... about the public square. This is a form of political commentary. They're doing it with razors, for laughs, but they're doing it."
PEJ released a report Thursday on "The Daily Show," comparing its "news agenda" with that of 48 other news sources including Big 3 evening newscasts and morning shows; cable news networks and newspapers.
The group analyzed "Daily Show" telecasts for all of 2007, tracking guests and segments.
No major surprises, Rosenstiel says, but now it's all official, with numbers and graphs and charts.
"There's an ...
The Daily Show Is Not the Reputable News Source You Assumed It to Be
Jossip —
... Might Jon Stewart not be the informative news anchor we’ve always believed him to be? Though he gets much credit for keeping the kiddies up to date with the news, a new Pew study says, perhaps, he shouldn’t be getting such kudos. [Journalism.org] After all, if viewers weren’t aware of the news before Stewart delivered the punchlines, how would they know what to laugh at? You know, besides the fact that everything on The Daily Show is funny? ...
