io9 posted an article about that clip yesterday, speculating on the possibility of it being a coincidence or not. Pretty amusing either way.
I think there are a lot of millennials who don't get their news from the Daily Show, but do get their opinion about the news from it.
Also, I think the fact that Daily Show viewers are more knowledgable about current events isn't a positive reflection on TDS so much as a negative reflection on non-comedy news shows.
It also shines more truth on that joke from History of the World Part I, where in the Roman times Mel Brooks played the 'Stand up philosopher'.
Meh. Stephen Colbert was the real loss IMO.
They were both good in my opinion. And iirc Stewart helped to executive produce Stephen Colbert's show. Supporting one another was one good thing for the both of them tbh.
Both of them lampooned the political system and gave it a nice swift kick in the rear which it truly needed.
The comedy and (in a way) the news world is a lot sadder off without either of them.
Political satire didn't begin and won't end with Stewart. I liked Stewart for a long time and then felt he lost his edge in the last few years, while Colbert just kept hitting it out of the park. To stay in that character for so long takes some kind of talent and effort.
But yeah, both of them being gone is a bummer. Be very interesting to see who (if anyone) they get to take over that show.
I think Colbert will be incredibly successful in his new show, but I don't think I'll find it funny.
For over a decade, whatever else is on TV, I've known if I wanted something to do at 11, just turn on Comedy Central for the reliable Stewart/Colbert combo. It's like a missing part of my daily routine.
Hopefully they find someone else who can make as good an impact as Stewart did, but in their own original way.
Viacom (VIAB) shares were slammed to the tune of $350 million on Wednesday after “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart announced on Tuesday night that he would leave the Comedy Central news satire program sometime this year.
I'm going to bet on "coincidence, and they used her so they didn't have to replace the J-shaped desk". I could be giving the filmmakers too much credit for thinking of that, though.io9 posted an article about that clip yesterday, speculating on the possibility of it being a coincidence or not. Pretty amusing either way.
It's really just semantics then. If it's not a fake news show, it's mock journalistic broadcasting. They don't have to be held accountable to journaliststic criteria (Even though they mostly uphold it anyway, so they don't look full of crap) & they don't present what they're doing as journalism. They present it as comedy. Fine line... maybe, when the comedy is about journalism & world news, but a line nonetheless. That you can find more credibility in TDS than on actual news broadcasting is not reflective of their show being elevated to actual journalistic status. It reflects how poorly standards have dropped in journalismThis is why I take some task with calling The Daily Show a "fake news show" because it really isn't. New news and events they talk about are real, the field segments real, but it's more like a particularly snarky Op/Ed page. It makes fun of the events and calls out the problems and hypocrisy displayed by politicians, leaders and others in the media.
Hell, Stewart's pretty strongly left-leaning, what if his replacement is right-leaning and isn't so critical of Fox News and is more critical of MSNBC and Democratic politicians?
Hell, Stewart's pretty strongly left-leaning, what if his replacement is right-leaning and isn't so critical of Fox News and is more critical of MSNBC and Democratic politicians?
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You mean like how an actual sitting president's staff allowed Colbert to speak at the 06 correspondents dinner?It can muddy the intent of the show a bit to call it "fake" and imply that the stories they say and do are make-believe. I used to think it in the early years, especially with the correspondent segments as I didn't understand how they'd get presumably reputable people to be part of them and the segment's focus was often absurd.
It's not a journalism show, though. It's a comedian making jokes about the news. That's an important distinction to make.
I guess it is closer to journalism than most of the people claiming to be journalists nowadays.
I think Jon Stewart wants to do more in the vein of Rosewater, drop the comedy pretense and show injustice in a more serious way.
If reality has a liberal bias - a point which, in the context of American politics, is indisputable - then surely funny people are biased towards liberalism, because a huge part of humor is coming up with fresh and startling perspectives on reality.Hell, Stewart's pretty strongly left-leaning, what if his replacement is right-leaning and isn't so critical of Fox News and is more critical of MSNBC and Democratic politicians?
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Comedy Central is left leaning. It's clear in their programming. I doubt a rightist is has any chance
You mean like how an actual sitting president's staff allowed Colbert to speak at the 06 correspondents dinner?It can muddy the intent of the show a bit to call it "fake" and imply that the stories they say and do are make-believe. I used to think it in the early years, especially with the correspondent segments as I didn't understand how they'd get presumably reputable people to be part of them and the segment's focus was often absurd.
That's the real issue with Stewart I think. Between him & Colbert, they've done everything they could possibly have imagined in this venue. When you've roasted the president live, & made real policy makers fear your words, there's no more boundaries to push. It would be just year after year of the same, and now that Colbert is gone. He rightly feels like he's done, and now he's older & maybe it's time to step aside, enjoy other things in life & his career, and let someone new take a shot (Even though I don't think anyone has a snowball's chance in hell of being half as effective)
I don't begrudge Stewart stepping down. Despite how much I hate feeling like we're losing something great, when you think about it, his decision makes sense. Go out on top. He'll always be the champ. Periodically he can still come back if he wants. Lewis Black still does (Look to seeing him 1 more time before it's all said & done)
It's good he gave us fair warning. It'll give us time to prepare for a gaping hole in the actual political landscape. Maybe someone will step up & it'll work, or maybe they won't, but nonetheless, we've had a good run. With the exception of Weekend Update & Politically Incorrect, the 2000s have seen the emersion of political satire as a real power in America. Hopefully that's here to stay, despite whether the best are at the forefront
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