Email Story

Journalism, Satire or Just Laughs? "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Examined | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

mediabistro.com: TVNewser found this 5/9/2008 on journalism.org

The program’s clearest focus is politics, especially in Washington. U.S. foreign affairs, largely dominated by the Bush Administration’s policies in Iraq, Washington politics and government accounted for nearly half (47%) of the time spent on the program. Overall, The Daily Show news agenda is quite close to those of cable news talk shows. The press itself is another significant focus on ...