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    Satire In The Daily Show

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    issue or mocking the absurdity of a situation. The show concludes with a guest interview either for promotion of a recent work or for discussion on a current political issue. Due to its blended nature as both a comedy and news show, The Daily Show has been able to ignore both news media and comedy conventions, occupying a space that would make most news shows wince and journalists hesitate. Many scholars and media critics debate whether the show is fake news or reliable journalism. Although there

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    Daily Show Parody

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    had to do with online shows. Both of the two shows article, that I choose, used humors to address the issue that is being explored. In fact, the daily show with John Stewart address the issue, while the weekend show doesn’t address it. Amber Day and Ethan Thompson who wrote Live From New York, It's the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody introduces to the us the idea of satire news. They both support the claim of the Saturday Night Live (SNL) show, as know the joke or

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    Have you ever heard about the daily show? Jon Stewarts the daily show good or bad for American democracy? I think is good because the news that we have now is boring and more people would watch it now then the regular news. I think people will get more entertained and not bored. Making people watch it and liking it. Sometimes you have to get up and watch the news. Its not very entertaining to you so you just get up and do something else. The news we have now tells us how the day is going to be or

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    beginning of a new outlet for information began, With the use of satirical techniques The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert has been a unique and evolving comedy based news television programs unifying the two into something new. Some of the techniques that this show utilizes are satire, hyperbole, and fake news to critique prominent current events or political issues. These shows use these three components to put into light the blemishes humanity wishes to stay ignorant

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    The Daily Show is on the congressional record. It occurred during a debate on the Blunt Amendment, which would allow employers to decline to provide birth control as part of their health care plans. On February 28th, 2012 California Senator Barbara boxer attempted to quote The Daily Show bid on the floor of the senate. Senator Boxer said: “Jon Stewart took this issue on and said: Well, I’ll tell you something, I love Blunt Amendment because he says I am an employer and I believe that humor is

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    In a “Saturday Night Live” and Comedy Central “The Daily Show” both of the video are part of democracy. These videos are show the satires to show what these people do in their democratic way. In Comedy Central “The Daily Show” it was showing what Koch brothers do with their dark money industry (Democalypse south by south mess: ad of brothers. Video 1:36). And make fun about the company which make us feel like a scam or tricking us. In “Saturday Night Live” the video was a joke about what people will

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    a comedy show, such as The Daily Show. People across the world watch these comedy shows to get an update on the daily news without having to listen to monotone voices talk on and on about the news. Although comedy makes people more interested and excited to hear about news, it is not a reliable source to get news from. Comedy shows sole purpose is not to inform, they have reshaped the public political world, and they are revised for the purpose of entertainment. News from comedy shows, also known

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    The utilization of The Daily Show In the article, “The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show”, Jason Zinser, a teacher at the University of North Florida, discusses the coverage of “fake” entertainment news. Zinser effectively argues the different benefits and disadvantages of entertaining news. When reading this article, one can find that Zinser uses emotional appeals to create a sense of intentness to his readers, uses ethical appeals to create trust from his readers, and uses logical appeals to inform

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    comedian who has freedom of speech when ever he feels its necessary to speak on things in public. “The Daily Show” is good for entertainment and information that some people don’t know nothing about. Its not ruining American Democracy just because he points the mistakes the government makes. I even make fun of it myself sometimes. I will be simplifying my reasons on why Jon Stewart’s “ The daily Show” is not bad is a good, entertaining program. Also, I will be using accurate evidence from the information

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    4. 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

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