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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
That's really odd. I turn on the Daily Show, and then I turn on CNN or MSNBC or even Fox News, and I see much more honest and thorough coverage in the latter three. I don't see any possible way that one could become decently informed by the Daily Show. I'm perplexed.
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The study SecretMethod referenced compared the Daily Show to Leno and Letterman, not to the news networks, so the result is not too surprising.
I agree that if you just watch the Daily Show, you're not going to become very informed. The show really acts as a comedic supplement to the normal, straight news that you might get on a CNN or NY Times. I doubt that many Daily Show viewers only get their news from that single source, because if they did that they probably wouldn't understand half the jokes.