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- OBDriftwood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+101Says more about the decline in quality of traditional news casts than the veracity of the Daily Show. TV news used to feature investigate journalism, now it features stories from the supermarket tabloids.
Still, Stewart is much more fun to watch than Couric. - FlaG8r, on 10/12/2007, -7/+69C'mon now, without Fox I wouldn't even know Foley was a Democrat.
- jtgonzal, on 10/12/2007, -10/+57I wouldn't be surprised if the Daily Show is more accurate, as well.
- videoCT, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39my favorite Katie "bad reporter" Couric quote was from the day after the Columbine shooting. She was interviewing a student and asked "Is there a particular band that these boys listened to?" Talk about a leading question.
- enki25, on 10/12/2007, -10/+39@flag
Yeah, unlike Fox which is a universally accepted beacon of truth.
IMO there's way more truth in humor than in fear mongering. See if you can identify which network goes with which. - deanlowe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30I wonder if they show The Daily Show in Katie's time slot would they get better numbers.
- toasty168, on 10/12/2007, -7/+32God bless John Stewart for telling it like it is and making fun of it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+29We all know this right? I mean if you don't watch the daily show you probably think you have the same rights as a month ago....
- sets13, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24I think thats kinda the point.
- whiskeymb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20After watching the daily show for years, I'd likely agree with this study. They seem to always have a good bit of coverage for the topics at hand. Just because it's comedy doesn't mean it's not accurate. Facts can always be told in a funny way.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19I can guarentee that if clinton was president jon stewart would be making fun of a stained blue dress.
I bet these gusy think jay leno and all comedians that do politics because they all come down on bush.. well HE IS PRESIDENT and if you were old enough to watch tv when clinton was president, they all made fun of him and gore as well. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Listen, you sick *****.
Nobody wants to watch the video.
We are all aware of the tragic demise of Berg.
It has ***** to do with this story.
Do you think by watching a beheading you are somehow more informed?
At least have the decency to warn us what the link is first. - enki25, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20@flag
What is it with you republicans and screaming about "bias" when the news doesn't make your side look good?
Sometimes, a fair representation of a debate can look like it's biased. Like, when one side says the sky is blue and the other side says it's a terrorist. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14"I don't know about you, but I'd sacrafic the lives of 10,000 Iraqi's if it would save even one American life."
Wow, no wonder Iraqi's hate us. - Dweller99, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Why dont you try RTFA instead of knee-jerk trolling based on the title?
Try paying attention to the content of the article and maybe your clouded judgement will mature. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14You're a sick ***** because you are using the graphic images of his death to promote your beliefs. If you weren't simply going for shock value, you would have just alluded to his death, not post a video.
And does this have to do with Jon Stewart exactly? - enki25, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18@flag
No, most of the major media channels are owned by large corporations, which have a clear reason to support the modern GOP. Therefore, they tend to be biased in the direction of republicans. - weaksnyc, on 08/14/2009, -2/+12@desc1...
Uhh, this was a study done by Indiana University. I haven't seen one "Lib" say that the Stewart/Colbert hour of TV every night is the be all, end all of news. However, according to this study, it's possible that you'll learn about just as many current events as if you watched a network broadcast, ignoring bias.
This really isn't even a partisan argument... why are the right wingers so scared of Colbert and Stewart that they have to belittle and condemn them, and make asinine remarks about them on every single Digg post. @Flag especially, you're on every one.
Just relax, and get a sense of humor. Lots of people like it, if you don't... who cares? Bottom line: it's a comedy show... Just laugh... it's what people do when they aren't scared into submission. - stark23x, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Did anyone read the article? It's as substantive as the evening news, but neither one is actually informative. I wouldn't do any victory dances just yet.
- enki25, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yeah, terrorists want to kill us. What incredible "news".
Hey, let's watch some videos of Iraqi children getting blown up by misplaced US bombs! Oh wait, you know why that wouldn't be news either? because it's not informative
Violent media is generally used to incite some kind of emotional reaction, not based on reason.
Should we fight terrorists? of course. Should we be so angry and horrified at the video you posted that we support war with any country our Administration points at, because the inhabitants look like the killers? no, but that's generally the point of posting a video like that
BTW, believing 10000 Iraqi lives = 1 American life is an important step on the path to being a fascist. Just keep that in mind wingnuts. - LarianLeQuella, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Here at Osan AB, I watch CNN Asia, and they actually air The Daily Show as part of the CNN programming here! I do find it interesting to compare the news I see on CNN here compared to what my wife gets back stateside. Let's just say that the CNN channel is totally different outside the US, and actually has a lot more news that is actually newsworthy (instead of some of the fluffy crap you guys have to endure out of Atlanta).
- GeneralFailure0, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12...and somehow fittingly, this is only news to people who don't actually watch The Daily Show.
- bbatsell, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I'm pretty sure that was some very obvious sarcasm, WarPirate.
- Clbck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@jon3k
So, what, you consider Americans to be supperior to other people? A person is still a person, no matter if they are Foley, Clinton, Bush, or Bin Laden. I'm not going to pretend I'm free from bias. Let's be honest.
Diggers digging down a video of a ***** BEHEADING does not mean we do not like to be informed. It's one thing to know it happened, and quite another to see said beheading happen. I've read all about World War II, but does that mean I'd want to SEE gruesome videos of it? Probably not. If I was going to watch them, I'd want WARNING. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11ny times = place bush decided to leak his nie
they also decided to out plame
they also used judith miller to promote the war..
abc just recently showed path to 9/11 written by you neos..
yeah they are obviously liberal mouth peaces.
and yeah it is the corporate media, not the liberal media... they target the most audience so they can sell the most advertisement, if anything they are reality biased. - epheterson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10The difference is that with the Daily Show, it's obvious when you're being *****.
- borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -12/+19I get all my news from the Daily Show and Digg, partially because both are relatively unbiased and contain lots of sarcasm
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9if this was owned by fox those comments would be deleted :P
- enki25, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11@flag
Any sane person with half a brain could spend 5 minutes watching Fox news and see it's right wing propaganda. It has nothing to do with their heroic bravery in the face of Bill Clinton's public humiliation. - Sazzle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Although its an interesting study, lets face it - the Daily Show is, at its core, an entertainment program; whereas the news is supposed to be, well... the news. So its not entirely surprising that the Daily Show was found to be equally as "substantive" as the real news - after all, it's not supposed to be on the front line of hardcore world issues like we should expect of our traditional news programs. What's sad is that our "real" news was found to be no more meaty than a Comedy Central entertainment program. That is simply a tragedy.
Long live John Stewart. At least with him we're guaranteed at least *some* impartial reporting of the issues that matter most. - nixfu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13
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"real" news is just as worthless as The Daily Show. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7sure it might cover the same news, but the jokes are always an obvius bias that too many people i know take to heart
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Congratulations, sir, your argument has truly won me over. /sarcasm
Seriously, I find the irony that you tout your side's strengths by resorting to mocking and insulting hysterical. I don't understand how you can think you're better than someone else while using childish name-calling. - rafgar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This is sad....I'm thinking back to a quote from Jon Stewart a few years back. "It has come to my attention that many of you are using The Daily Show as your primary news source. DON'T DO THAT! WE MAKE STUFF UP!" Yep, there's a news show I'm gonna trust.
Then again, I don't trust any of the mainstream news media either, so I guess that makes them about even. - katanaswordfish, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@justin
He probably enjoys watching horrible acts to justify his internal and hidden bigotry and xenophobia. Most likely, using it to justify the horrible atrocities of war that are inflicted on innocent Iraqis who never wanted to harm or kill anyone, not to mention in this manner.
Its textbook stuff to justify your own hateful and horrible actions by viewing heinous acts of your "enemies"... - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8flag:
I think more often people comment on how the Daily Show, despite being a comedy show, is more accurate than some of the "legitimate" news out there.
It's not a compliment for the Daily Show, it's a sad commentary on how our "news" is extremely inaccurate, biased, leaves out facts, and is generally laughed at by the outside world. - enki25, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@jon3k
There's a difference between wanting to protect your tribe and thinking the lives of the people in your tribe are worth more than others, especially people who aren't a threat to you (Iraqis, non-Americans).
99% of Muslims don't want to kill us, and yet you label the people we are at war with Islamic Fascists. The Timothy McVeighs of the world are just as significant a threat to our government, but we don't label them Christian Fascists.
Your problem is that you're confusing xenophobia with "intestinal fortitude". Which is, unfortunatley, exactly what our real enemies want us to do. - PigThief, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13Oh noes! Rammstein turns our children into Satan-worshipping, heartless, killing machines.
I don't really like Rammstein (although some parts of their songs are good, I'm just not into metal), I have a few friends that do and none of them have killed people. Does anyone remember how many people were accusing that band of brainwashing people after Columbine? Crazy. - katanaswordfish, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Oh no! We can only hope nobody reads your baseless and un-backed statement. 'God' forbid anyone sees it. The might be swayed to your side, which is OBVIOUSLY the 'truth', by your cunning intellect and your persuasive, educated stance.
It's not like these "real" news shows have ever fabricated ~fake~ stories in order to push certain products, or convert the weak minded moral majority to believe that shooting people in the head in the name of freedom and liberation is justifiable.
i.e.: http://freepress.net/fakenews/
All sarcasm aside though, people with half a brain in their head know that the news and television is biased and partisan. But face it, this entire country is biased and partisan. To think that Bill O'Reilly is any LESS of a 'comedian' or biased news source is just plain stupid. O'Reilly is an entertainer, face it. If he is so politically savvy and brilliant why is he just a TV personally who's sole purpose is to horde ratings by being extremely conservative, closed minded, bigoted, and rude?
The Daily Show, and Colbert Report are equally as reliable of a news source as most others. The problem is that people want to believe everything they hear on TV all the time, instead of looking at history, society, and the real problems in the world (violence, poverty, war, etc.). I'm not going to pretend like Jon Stewart isn't a comedian, and I'm not going to pretend like the Daily Show is very serious news. HOWEVER, I'm not going to pretend that ANY news source is "fair and balanced" because like all politics, its just a bunch of lying and *****, that's sole purpose is to win over votes and enslave the people.
- kirkja08, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"umm. I wasn't being sarcastic. Which part of my comment is wrong? I do consider digg unbiased because you get different perspectives on the same news from comenters. And so far, Jon hasn't lied about anything."
so maybe you get a few buried comments from people with other views, but you can't deny that the majority of stories are anti bush and what jon stewart said last night. - zang74, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9@flag564
Maybe the media's not leftist. Maybe you've just swung more to the right? Do you really believe there's some sort of left-wing media conspiracy? A little bias here and there, sure, but there can't be THAT many leftists in a country where the last two presidential elections have been split nearly down the middle between the (barely) left Democrats and the right-wing Republicans. - AceTracer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Since when is The Daily Show a news program? I thought it was a satirical program.
Next they're going to say Weekend Update isn't substantive enough. - Derferman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The Daily Show may be just as bad as "real" news, but when it comes to certain issues, the Daily Show is spot on. Their coverage of network neutrality was incredible. A short segment that explained exactly what the issue at hand was, and even a lay person could understand it.
link to segment
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pc06y7iaZ20 - john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Judging from your 10,000 replies in this article complaining about "the left this" and "the biased left", etc.... you'd think a liberal raped your mom and killed your dog or something..
I mean jesus, get over it.. Yes, the Daily Show makes fun of Republicans sometimes..
GET OVER IT. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8free speech doesnt mean i dont have the freedom of speech to show i disagree with you by digging you down.
Seriosu dude you oviously dont understand what freespeech is.
If we banned you from digg, maybe you could complain but you are welcome to say what you want and post what you want and we are welcoeme to mod you down.
And douchebag with the video deserves to be moidded down and it has nothing to do with his views. - enki25, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@jon3k
Being a patriot is good, being a nationalist is bad. Patriots are conscious, contributing members of a family. Nationalists are unquestioning sychophants in a cult.
Patriots care about their tribe, but won't be afraid to raise their voice if those guiding the tribe make poor decisions. Nationalists will do whatever their told, as long as the one doing the telling is wrapped in the flag.
It's a flat world, we're all interconnected. Of course we all agree that we'll fight those who are at war with us. But, to devalue human life that wasn't privileged with US citizenship is to promote an isolationist and militaristic US policy. This will not benefit our tribe in the long run. That's to completely ignore the overall "evilness" of expressing such a horrific view. - Kbennett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"But he attacks Republicans every night. That is the only reason these guys are acting like this show has any value. The moment he goes after Democrats in the same biased way, his numbers go through the floor." -flag
His 4th highest rated show to date was in January of '05 following the 2004 elections and featured extensive Democrat bashing, and rightly so. - martalli, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7All the news that's fit to make light of...
...I'm almost ashamed to say its the only TV show I 'tivo'. - borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10umm. I wasn't being sarcastic. Which part of my comment is wrong? I do consider digg unbiased because you get different perspectives on the same news from comenters. And so far, Jon hasn't lied about anything.
- deanlowe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Other than Olbermann, can anyone name an outright liberal host on any cable news channel? Can a show have a liberal bias with no liberal host?
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