The reason the Daily show is "as substantive" as every other news station in America has nothing to do with how good the reporting is on the Daily Show. The Daily show takes news from other stations, regurgitates it, and then puts some sarcastic spin on it, usually at the expense of George Bush, Fox News, or some other conservative. That's not to say that the Daily Show doesn't make fun of the stupid things democrats do on occasion, but let's be honest. The Daily Show is extremely liberal, and the discussions on the show are extremely skewed toward the left. The worst part about this "The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News" title is that the people who watch the Daily Show already think they're smarter than everyone (everyone being conservatives) because they know how to turn conservative words into moronic statements using sarcasm. As everyone knows, the ability to add sarcasm to a serious subject is a sign of true genius. The sad thing is that the Daily Show often clips the statements made by conservatives to purposefully make the Republicans look stupid, and the "intelligent" Daily Show viewers don't even realize it because they are too ignorant to what conservatives actually do and stand for that they could careless about really hearing what conservatives have to say. Now the viewers are just going to have bigger heads and think that John Stewart's comments are actually valid forms of argument.
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The reason the Daily show is "as substantive" as every other news station in America has nothing to do with how good the reporting is on the Daily Show. The Daily show takes news from other stations, regurgitates it, and then puts some sarcastic spin on it, usually at the expense of George Bush, Fox News, or some other conservative. That's not to say that the Daily Show doesn't make fun of the stupid things democrats do on occasion, but let's be honest. The Daily Show is extremely liberal, and the discussions on the show are extremely skewed toward the left. The worst part about this "The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News" title is that the people who watch the Daily Show already think they're smarter than everyone (everyone being conservatives) because they know how to turn conservative words into moronic statements using sarcasm. As everyone knows, the ability to add sarcasm to a serious subject is a sign of true genius. The sad thing is that the Daily Show often clips the statements made by conservatives to purposefully make the Republicans look stupid, and the "intelligent" Daily Show viewers don't even realize it because they are too ignorant to what conservatives actually do and stand for that they could careless about really hearing what conservatives have to say. Now the viewers are just going to have bigger heads and think that John Stewart's comments are actually valid forms of argument.