The Good The Bad And The Daily Show Analysis

In an era of global technology, instant news, infomercials, electronic town meetings, and “Made for TV Documentaries,” the borderlines between news and analysis, news and entertainment, news and fiction are constantly shifting.

Having served nearly thirty years at CBS News, Mr. Goldberg had earned a reputation as one of the most original writers and thinkers in broadcast journalism. However, when he observed his own industry, he realized the liberal media had completely missed their mission to give honest news. After years of sharing his observations and promoting more balanced reportings, Goldberg soon realized that no one listened because they believed they were doing the right thing. The liberal bias continued, therefore Bernard Goldberg decided to take the situation into his own hands and expose the distortion of the media himself. Goldberg’s breathtaking and shocking best seller book, Bias, reveals the close-mindedness of the news culture and their mission to entertain rather than share facts.

Today, there are two central types of research. First hand research is research that is conducted by the individual themselves such as experiments, interviews, surveys etc. Second hand research is information that one gets by studying various texts that has been supplied and complied by others such as websites, periodicals, and books. No matter what type of sources are employed into an academic essay, they must be reliable. To put it simply, ones sources must all be accurate, trustworthy and reliable. Jason Zinser’s article, The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show would prove to be a reliable and useful source for an academic research paper when looking at how Zinser utilized his sources, audience and his authority as a writer to demonstrate his credibility.

Saunders criticizes the megaphone, claiming it places priority on entertaining, profitable news as opposed to news that is educational or enlightening. Saunders furthers this claim by arguing that news media is habitually over-simplifying complicated issues, thus desensitizing the masses to stupidity and frivolity. Saunders’ essay is important because although it was published in 2007, it is still relevant (and will most likely be relevant as long as media exists). In fact, the points he makes in this essay are even more relatable now, as social media has increased greatly in popularity. Everywhere you look, there is a new “breaking story” about the Kardashians or the Jenners; and people accept this as real news! Saunders’ essay encourages readers to be critical of mass media and seek out undiluted, uncontaminated, earnest news

In the study, each source was ranked based on the political leanings of its audience. As a result, it ranked sources such as Buzzfeed more liberal than average while it ranked sources such as the Rush Limbaugh Show more conservative than average. However, none of the sources earned a perfectly neutral ranking (Wormald). The correlation between news sources and their audience’s political leanings becomes interesting when compared to the type of content each news source produces. Rush Limbaugh, for example, is infamous for his conservative rhetoric, whereas Buzzfeed is known for its lighthearted quizzes and comical representation of liberal politics. This reveals something about our perception of truth: biased sources allow individuals to ‘select’ the truth. When conflicting information is pushed to the side, it becomes nonexistent. Subsequently, the sum of partial truths interpreted by an individual becomes a whole truth in their mind, especially when partial truths are reinforced by mainstream media sources such as Buzzfeed or the Rush Limbaugh Show. This is harmful because, as Lewis implied, the entire truth is lost in this process and mutual understanding becomes harder to

Karl Bode discovered that satire news outlets give viewers an opportunity to gain more information than normal news outlets. Satire news host tend to be more aware of the issue at hand than normal news because they have to do actual research on the event themselves to obtain their news script. Without research the host wouldn’t be able to provide the sarcasm and humor that is needed in a satire news show. Studies at the University of Delaware have proven that viewers are more likely to watch parody news shows because it keeps their interest longer and it is more relatable to their opinions. In comparison, real news outlet do seem to be boring, although it varies in headlines and top stories unlike parody news, it is sometimes not relatable and can have a negative impact on a viewer’s mood. In an additional source, it

In his essay “But Enough about You” Brian Williams addresses a very interesting issue about the user- generated media and the Mainstream media in today's society. He believes that the ideal American culture has changed because people are only concerned about themselves. Nowadays people are more interested to watch news if the implied message involves them or if it's good enough to tell someone else. Williams explains how all the new devices, the web, video and the digital cable fill a perceived people need. Therefore, many people are not interesting in reading newspaper or watching news in which it leads the Media to lose viewers. He emphasizes that the audiences that follows the news report are dropped, but the media still work hard to gathering

Within Joyce Nelson’s essay, “TV News: A Structure of Reassurance”, Nelson criticizes the TV news structure that perpetually disconnects current events from their historical background through comforting anchorpeople partnered with advanced technology to create a TV program that minimizes the important implications of current events. Though lacking the amount of information that a print news publication can maintain, the TV news can convey immediate information through technological advances of modern TV equipment to allow the medium to remain competitive. The façade of in-the-moment international information broadcasted directly to viewers enables anchorpeople to maintain the feeling of immediateness, keeping the viewers believing the program

The final video, “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening”, was the most entertaining and provided the best demonstration of the use of rhetorical strategies in our daily news. We see commonplace activities being put in the news, and the use of certain words, objects or people to elicit a response or persuade the viewer to see the situation in a particular light. This final video showcases

All throughout history we have used metaphors to describe people, places, events and emotions; so it is perfectly fitting to describe the mediums with which we project our ideas as a metaphor as well. This is Neil Postman 's basis for his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Television and other media outlets have conditioned us to accept entertainment in every aspect of life; but most of all it masks the state of public affairs and politics. Through his book, Postman begs that we recognize the ways in which media shapes our lives and how we can use them to serve us instead of hurt us. Broken into two parts, Amusing Ourselves to Death focuses on a historical analysis of media, then discusses the television media-metaphor in more detail. Postman examines how media has infected every aspect of public discourse by prizing entertainment as the standard of truth.

Hunter McGehee Prof. Martinez Culture & Society February 26, 2016 Film Reaction Series #2 Throughout our society, and across all cultures, there is an on-going issue of race separation, also deemed as racism or segregation. Racism, even today, still presents itself in all forms. While some may be more obvious and in-your-face about it than others, it’s happening whether you realize it or not. In the video “The Daily Show- We Can’t Breathe” we see the case of Eric Garner; a man who was choked to death on the corner of a street while causing no harm at all. After the incident, politicians, news anchors, reporters, and anyone else of relevance continued to blame the death on anything but a faulty justice system. Claims were made such as “the man out-weighed the officer” making him a natural threat, or “if the man had not had asthma and a heart condition” that this incident wouldn’t have killed him. The autopsy report states that he was killed by compression of the neck, as well as there was a complete video of the incident, showing Garner as no threat. Let’s look at another video titled “Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Performance Was a Major Political Statement — Here’s Why.” In this video, they explained Beyoncé’s halftime performance at the super bowl was a public out-bringing of the Black Lives Matter movement and was speaking to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of football fans, trying to raise awareness and display her strong support for the movement. Some people thought this was wondrous, making references to Michael Jackson and Malcom X who played tremendous historical roles, while

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

However, as Stewart discovers propaganda and calls it out, he also makes propaganda. His cause is for entertainment directed at group of individuals who watch his television show. It is epistemically defective as claimed by The Daily Show’s website. “One anchor, six correspondents, zero credibility. If you're tired of the stodginess of the evening newscasts and you can't bear to sit through the spinmeisters and shills on the 24-hour cable news network, don't miss The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the nightly half-hour series unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity or even accuracy. … The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -- it's even better than being informed.” Therefore, one can treat The Daily Show as propaganda. However, since The Daily Show contains both truth and falsities, it can appear to be propagandistic, but if one were to analyze the arguments in the show, one would find that it is not epistemically defective; the entertainment is. This is why twenty-four hour news broadcasters have a difficult time fighting it, since it mixes both arguments and entertainment together.

Many news outlets rely on publishing sources of news that is satire. Satire utilizes on humor, irony, or exaggeration to uncover or highlight issues. One of which was displayed by PBS NewsHour, on the topic of "Donald Trump's Surprise election victory" mentioning the political satire on, "Fake election news more popular on Facebook than most popular election stories" (Fake, Par. D). The topic of current events or politics, satire is "designed to fool people into believing something that is not true" (Fake, Par. E). In today's world, false news is created with a specific purpose. People are being victims and are unable to comprehend the irony of satire in websites. For an example, in the article recent Change.org petition Psychologist Dannagal Young states, "Allow open carry of Firearms at the Quicken Loans Arena during the RNC convention" (Fake, Par. N). Many news outlets believed the petition to be true, but in reality, satire is

The recent surge in popularity of social media comes with a price: fake news. Fake news is defined as news or media that has been altered or modified. Journalists have begun to analyze why that fake news exists and why it continues exist. Two authors, Eoin O’Carroll and Kevin D. Williamson, both have written articles about fake news. Eoin O’Carroll’s article “How Information Overload Helps Spread Fake News,” discusses how the media has bombarded us with news stories, blurring the distinct lines between real and fake news. Kevin D. Williamson, a journalist for the National Review, writes in his article “‘Fake News, Media and Voters: Shared Reality Must Be Acknowledged” that the news is not fake; it just does not align with one’s personal beliefs. Both authors successfully appeal to their audiences’ emotions and feelings, but O’Carroll is more likely to succeed than Williamson in persuading his audience to try and combat fake news because the writer presents himself as someone the intended readers will more readily identify with and offers evidence that his readers will find more compelling.