This morning "
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart entered the proverbial lion's den, appearing live [
video highlights | 01:43] on
Fox News Sunday to debate 'media bias' with host Chris Wallace." "The
interview [video | 24:11] got off to a rousing start with Wallace almost immediately calling Stewart out for his criticism of the network and its brand of news coverage and went exactly where you'd expect it to from there."
[more inside]
posted by ericb
on Jun 19, 2011 -
102 comments
Satire has long been part of discourse, with
written records going back to the Ramesside Period of Ancient Egypt, and two primary classifications of satire
originate with the Roman satirists Horace and Juvenal. Other notable
historic figures have also been authors of significant satire, but
not always with much appreciation.
News satire furthers the awkward stance with public, as
the public may read satire as an outrageous truth, and be angered instead of amused. The Daily Show, and Jon Stewart in specific, ranks well in
the fractured world of current news programming, and the show was noted in the New York Times as "
a genuine cultural and political force"
(previously), but you don't have take their word for it.
Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism studied the content of The Daily Show for an entire year (2007), providing interesting (if slightly dated) details on the show. That year included their
much-viewed coverage fo the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. And in
poll results published July 24, 2009,
Jon Stewart was voted America's most trusted newscaster, apparently filling the position
previously held by Walter Cronkite. But is it because Stewart is
one of the few journalists willing to ask the hard questions or
has America been won over by "cheap laughs"?
posted by filthy light thief
on Nov 6, 2009 -
54 comments
In a strange and incestuous twist of the space-web-time continuum, a fascinating
comment about the mechanism by which The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (
previOusly.) records every bit of daily news appeared inside a
post on
PVRBlog, the red-headed stepchild blog of our selfless benefactor,
user 1.
posted by jckll
on Aug 19, 2008 -
26 comments
"The Daily Show is no doubt entertainment, but it is entertainment, measurably, with a substantive point. It is, in its own way, another kind of No Spin Zone." The Project for Excellence in Journalism discusses
what is and is not journalistic (PDF) about
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
posted by Blazecock Pileon
on May 8, 2008 -
122 comments
Three Strikes is a TV pilot from the writers of
Frasier, Larry Sanders and
King of the Hill and executive produced by Jon Stewart for Comedy Central. It was turned down by the network but like
Nobody's Watching the makers have turned to YouTube to revive its chances [Parts
1,
2,
3].
[via TVtattle]
posted by meech
on Mar 27, 2007 -
24 comments
The Daily Show wins an award for news programming? this seems pretty funny to me. and sort of sad that a fake news show gives me better news than the real news shows.
the daily show beat out several other real news programs to take the award.
i find that stewart is a less biased host than many on the news today, regularly features people from conservative and liberal camps, and is a pretty damn good interviewer, spending more time asking about things people care about and less time grinding an axe. he's also very good at getting his (mostly liberal) audience to respond politely to conservative guests. so why can't i find that in a real news show?
posted by caution live frogs
on Jul 21, 2004 -
57 comments
Who's the only man who can take on President George W. Bush in a debate? Why, it's Texas Governor of the past, George W. Bush!
BUSH v. BUSH! How surreal...(
realplayer req)
posted by jearbear
on Apr 30, 2003 -
28 comments
God bless Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, back for their first show after the attack. It's not completely new, but God knows I needed to see it. New York may be OK after all. (Comedy Central will repeat the show several times before Monday, so don't despair if you thought it would be a rerun and missed it.)
posted by mdeatherage
on Sep 20, 2001 -
24 comments
