Unfortunately, I could not compare the 6:30 network news with the Daily Show due to the writers' strike (although, appropriately, the repeat Daily Show episode featured much discussion about Iowa).What might have been interesting would be comparing Fox and Friends with the Colbert Report.. fans of Colbert I'm sure know why. Sadly, Colbert was a repeat as well.
The Daily Show is a primary news source for young adults. Although the show is meant to be a humorous political commentary, for many in the younger age demographic it is their only source of news. (It, too, has been accused of having a liberal bias, although Stewart has said that it's not his fault that it's easier to make fun of Republicans.) The writers' strike has been going on for weeks now, and this makes me wonder - how many high school and college age kids have any idea what is going on in politics at the moment? Sure, Barack put the Bomb in Obama - but without writers, who is putting the Stew in Stewart?
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