There are several key differences between the FoxNews "1/2 Hour News Hour" and The Daily Show. As I mentioned in the last post, The Daily Show uses actual people and has them defend their beliefs, as well as criticizing both conservatives and liberals. One other major difference is that The Daily Show uses actual news clips and critiques them, catches people in lies, and makes a point of showing dishonesty and prejudice. Here is one such example of TDS using actual footage to demonstrate a point about how Republicans are attacking Democrats. Note that Jon Stewart analyzes the way Romney presents his resignation speech (around the 2 minute mark, Stewart begins addressing Romney's resignation speech, and at about the 3 minute mark, he gets the part about the Democrats):
i agree with you that (in the remarkable sample size of three clips) "1/2 hour" seems to be just a lower-quality show with less wit and real news. but i didn't think the obama clip was bad, funnier than some bad daily show stuff. they definitely should have been interviewing real people since their pseudo guests were just annoying. that said, i don't think the jason jones clip was a good choice since saying the word douchebag over and over again isn't exactly the most sophisticated level of humor out there, and i wouldn't call it self-depreciating either. but yeah, stewart/colbert definitely get my alpha watchdog vote.
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i agree with you that (in the remarkable sample size of three clips) "1/2 hour" seems to be just a lower-quality show with less wit and real news. but i didn't think the obama clip was bad, funnier than some bad daily show stuff. they definitely should have been interviewing real people since their pseudo guests were just annoying. that said, i don't think the jason jones clip was a good choice since saying the word douchebag over and over again isn't exactly the most sophisticated level of humor out there, and i wouldn't call it self-depreciating either. but yeah, stewart/colbert definitely get my alpha watchdog vote.
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