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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
you fail to see a difference? wow... ok
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That's correct. I fail to see a difference in value of opinion between The Daily Show and Fox News.
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surely you'll grant me: most people aren't thrilled to talk fiscal policy, listening to a politician speak is often boring and time-consuming, people are very busy with their own lives, issues of substance are seldom entertaining.
yet when people watch the daily show they are exposed to these issues but do not view them in their proper context.
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I understand your point - but only as it applies to ALL news shows, not specifically to The Daily Show. You don't seem to have "granted" me the opinion that there is no difference between these shows ... to call one entertainment and the other not doesn't make it so. They are all entertainment. If you want something as close to unmitigated truth - CSPAN is probably as close as you're going to get.
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we need to step back and give less creedence to comedians and entertainers. the daily show is not a legitimate source of news. news sources of it's like are fun to watch, but should not be given as much serious weight as it seems to have garnered in the past 10 or 15 years. the real issues aren't as compelling as jon stewart portrays them, but perhaps toughing it out a bit to hear more about major issues from cspan is what it takes to make the right choices.
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Again - if we're comparing The Daily Show with CSPAN - I agree. But you seem to differentiate between the entertainment of The Daily Show (which in effect whips like-minded thinkers into somewhat of a frenzy by poking fun at political figures of the opposition viewpoint) and the entertainment of a Fox News program (which in effect whips like-minded thinkers into somewhat of a frenzy by lambasting political figures of the opposition viewpoint).
I will agree that there is one major difference: Fox News pretends to be conveying the truth. The Daily Show makes no such hypocritical claim.