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how can a show that was promoted as "fake news" still tell the truth? otherwise... wouldn't it just be "the news"?
sometimes it's truthful, sometimes it isn't. sometimes quotes are taken into context, oftentimes they aren't. sometimes the issues are real, sometimes they create something just for a laugh.
the problem is that they don't distinguish between the two. they can't, or else it wouldn't be that funny. i'm honestly not proposing that the daily show or any other political comedy source has nothing pertinent to say. i watch the show, it's pretty damn funny. i'm saying that the electorate gets a disproportionate amount of their news and editorials from these sources. because these sources are concerned with entertainment, they aren't held to the same standards or bound by the same ethic that traditional journalists are (or supposed to be).
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