Simplifying Jon Stewart's The Daily Show

He claims that while The Daily Show is a humorous broadcasting show, that it is “‘unburdened by objectivity”’ but still advises large groups of America about “foreign and national news events” (Zinsler 365-6). Zinsler then goes to Matthew Baum’s study that claims the daily viewers of “fake” news broadcasting are more aware than those that do not watch the programs (370). Baum’s views, had, in fact, had been proved by a “2004 National Annenberg Election Study” that stated The Daily Show viewers were able to correctly answer more questions that those of national television viewers (Zinsler 370). Zinsler’s claims of logos, and those studies from Baum and Anneberg, go to prove, that whether one believes it is beneficial or disadvantageous to watch “fake” news programs, studies have proven that those who get their information from the media, such as The Daily Show, have been able to interpret the information

Many comedians have been talking a great deal about politics and the government as a way to spread a variety of messages to the community expressing how they feel about how things are going for America. Therefore many comedians have become more popular in this past election season and with Trump 's new presidency. Stephen Colbert an American comedian, television host, and author uses his spotlight in media as a way to attack President Trump and his administration within his comedy. Colbert uses Juvenalian satire and satirical techniques while discussing politics to reveal his opinions as a way to spread messages to society about the Trump Administration and uses his comedic platform to do so.

With the use of satire, Stewart critiques current events and political issues that he sees flaws in. Through the use of these news clips, Stewart provides a vital oversight of the media. He holds politicians and the media responsible for the words and actions they put out to the audience and pin points their hypocrisy and foolishness. Stewart specifically critiques major news networks and their scrutiny like Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. We see him taunt and embarrass government officials like Aaron Shock for their arrogant decisions and foolish actions.

After watching the Daily Show interview with Jim Cramer, I believe that Jon Stewart’s questions were fair as he was trying to get Cramer to confess CNBC’s faults during the financial crisis and his contributions to them. One instance of this was Stewart calling out CNBC for creating an unrealistic image of the market by covering up the embezzlement scandals and failing to expose the actions of those behind it, despite their frequent interview appearances. I agree with Stewart in this argument as CNBC put themselves in a tight corner by merely addressing the situation and stating the obvious instead of taking action in order to preserve their reputation as a “financial expert”. Cramer’s responses illustrate this point as he admits that while

Hence, the claims are believable as the show relies heavily on the use of various news footages, often in a documentary way that employs archival video to show contrast and contradiction, even if the purpose is satirical rather than reportorial. The content on the show is unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity or even accuracy, nevertheless, it speaks volumes with Jon Stewart’s big unauthoritative persona as he attempts to breakdown on selective representation.

Is Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” good or bad for the American Democracy? I think it's good because I don’t think it’s affecting the Democracy in any way. Yeah, he offends some people that he is suppose to do for his job. To be telling society, the news in hilarious talking making / telling them what he thinks about it. To me it’s a great show. It clears up all of the lies and mistrepts that the “government/Democracy intitle”.

According to the book Celebrity Politics, approximately 10 percent of Americans get national political news from nightly entertainment shows such as the Tonight Show. For Americans under 30, the number is nearly five times as many (Orman and West 100). Citizens are looking to be entertained rather than simply educated by the nightly news. As David Schultz aptly put it, “ The new media cover politics, but only politics as it entertains, in part, because the audience the new media attract is a less politically interested audience than traditional news audiences” (20). The fact is that this American audience is less interested in hard news and more interested in

What I really can’t stand about the new is how they over play news stories or constantly negative things in our society. I also get the impression they like to create conflicts and tension in the name of journalism. For example, with the young man who was shoot sixteen times by the Chicago Police Officer. They played that clip over and over again all day. I can’t seem to get my mind around why the news media feels need to show society this ten times per day. I really feel that in doing this they wanted to promote more racial tensions to an already divided nation.

This is similar to the Fox News. During O’Reilly and Jeremy Glick’s talk, O’Reilly cannot endure Glick’s political view, which against his, so he stop the show and call security to take Glick out of the room. Also like the media in China (which all get control by the government), the Fox News only reports the positive news that will make the republican president look heroic and great. Since when, did freedom of speech die in the United States? And since when did the American citizen can’t no longer able to see and heard the

It would take a strong person who doesn’t care about ratings to bring you an overall honest newscast about everything. Good and bad, with no biases. Because I don’t want to have to have this convo with someone 10 or 15 years from now about how you only hear about negative things on the

Throughout American history, freedom of speech has been fought for and granted. Consequently, free speech has gone overboard. In America, people tweet about the president like birds all day; unlike, the Chinese who are precocious with how they represent their president. Throughout American society, cynicism is prevalent, and therefore, the media mocks the president.

One recent case where the mass media poked fun at and satirized the government was the year 2000 election. In the time where ballots and votes became confused and the state of Florida became the punch-line to many a water cooler joke, shows such as the ones above took the story and ran with it. From the very beginning the satire of political figures played its role in the election. According to the Washington Post and the Pew Research Center, 47 percent of Americans under the age of 30 receive around 26% of their information about candidates, amongst other political matters, through late night comedy television. This trend has been labeled by many “Infotainment.” The viewers are receiving information about political issues and their government, but through a sarcastic or humorous filter that creates a different culture of informed citizens.

To some this seems absurd, but it is what his base group wants to hear. Whereas on the other side, you have pundits like Ed Schultz who never criticize the current president, no matter what follies he may commit, he only demonizes the previous one, again playing to the beliefs of his following. It is the constant bickering between the people of opposing political ideologies that make the news difficult for the common man to take with a grain of salt.

When looking at the current news broadcasts the first thing that I notice is the amount of commentators and experts there are in the shows. These commentators give their opinions about certain news topics and try to convince the audience or gets into a discussion with another commentator in the show.

Most families tune into their local nightly news station to unwind after their long day of work to catch up on local and national news. Many people prefer local news stations, because they include light-hearted and community based stories. I have always been exposed to the local news my entire life, because that is the station that my family has always preferred. In the local news they also include many national stories and topics revolving around our government. For this analysis I watched three airings of a local nightly news station. I watched channel 12, FOX Providence, late night news. In addition to watching their late night broadcasting, I also watched their morning news segment. The last news airing I watched was channel 10, local