The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News

Walter C. writes "Anyone who watches the evening news with any regularity knows that it's not a bastion of substance. However, a new study conducted by researchers at Indiana University reports that The Daily Show has just as much substance to it as the broadcast news. 'The researchers looked at coverage of the 2004 Democratic and Republican national conventions and the first presidential debate of the fall campaign, all of which were covered by the mainstream broadcast news outlets and The Daily Show... There was just as much substance to The Daily Show's coverage as there was on the network news. And The Daily Show was much funnier, with less of the hype — references to photo ops, political endorsements, and polls — that typically overshadows substantive coverage on network news, according to the study.'"

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Remember the old slogan

[LostCluster]

The Daily Show: Where more Americans get their news than probably should.

Re:Come On

[tb3]

Apparently Stewart no longer cares about balancing his show for the opinions of his more conservative viewers.

No, not really, he just knows his audience.

He realized a long time ago that Republicans have no sense of humor.

And, they're all child molesters.