Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

[Kirkland Laing]

So anybody asking politically related questions of a guest on their show is a journalist? That would have been news to Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett and so on.

You're aware the Daily Show has described itself as a fake news programme since before Stewart was even running it, right? John Stewart has for years described himself as the most trusted name in fake news?

Show me a transcript of a quote where he claims to be a journalist.

Johnny Carson never tipped his hand, he'd make fun of anyone and everyone, but he never put his personal politics out there and lead with that.

Dick Cavett is an unabashed lefty, I don't mind the guy but he wasn't NEWS.


Jon Stewart says "fake news" but and I'm sorry to have to correct you Kirkland as I know you have such a delicate constitution about being corrected but millennials get their news from these "fake news" shows

For some, the satiric ‘Colbert Report’ is a trusted source of political news | Pew Research Center

How News Outlet Consumption Differs Over the Political Spectrum | Pew Research Center's Journalism Project

...."fake" to Stewart, but "real" to the millennials hence my issues with The Daily Show and Jon Stewart.




But dear heart I sure hope you don't get too upset by my correcting you

You're not correcting me. People getting their news from comedy shows doesn't mean that the comedians doing the shows are journalists, it's more a commentary on the terrible job actual news programmes do.

[El Kabong]

You're not correcting me. People getting their news from comedy shows doesn't mean that the comedians doing the shows are journalists, it's more a commentary on the terrible job actual news programmes do.

Ok, sounds great


How Jon Stewart Contributed to the Decline of Journalism Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel News

[Kirkland Laing]

You're not correcting me. People getting their news from comedy shows doesn't mean that the comedians doing the shows are journalists, it's more a commentary on the terrible job actual news programmes do.

Ok, sounds great


How Jon Stewart Contributed to the Decline of Journalism Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel News

Political comedy and satire is not journalism Lyle. Taking the mickey out of journalists* every day does not make you a journalist.

*People who work at Fox News anyway.

[El Kabong]

You're not correcting me. People getting their news from comedy shows doesn't mean that the comedians doing the shows are journalists, it's more a commentary on the terrible job actual news programmes do.

Ok, sounds great


How Jon Stewart Contributed to the Decline of Journalism Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel News

Political comedy and satire is not journalism Lyle. Taking the mickey out of journalists* every day does not make you a journalist.

*People who work at Fox News anyway.

Journalist - a person who writes for newspapers or magazines or prepares news to be broadcast on radio or television.

plus

Jon Stewart's Daily Show being considered a "good source" of news by millennials

equals

Jon Stewart ....journalist.


But what do you want to call him? Is he JUST a comedian? Is he a "humorist"? A "social commentator"? A "political pundit"?

I don't think he's JUST a comedian, but whatever I'm sure you'll think you're right whatever you decide

[Burr]

You're not correcting me. People getting their news from comedy shows doesn't mean that the comedians doing the shows are journalists, it's more a commentary on the terrible job actual news programmes do.

Ok, sounds great


How Jon Stewart Contributed to the Decline of Journalism Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel News

Political comedy and satire is not journalism Lyle. Taking the mickey out of journalists* every day does not make you a journalist.

*People who work at Fox News anyway.

Journalist - a person who writes for newspapers or magazines or prepares news to be broadcast on radio or television.

plus

Jon Stewart's Daily Show being considered a "good source" of news by millennials

equals

Jon Stewart ....journalist.


But what do you want to call him? Is he JUST a comedian? Is he a "humorist"? A "social commentator"? A "political pundit"?

I don't think he's JUST a comedian, but whatever I'm sure you'll think you're right whatever you decide

Since when do 'millennials' dictate what constitutes ANYTHING in this country? Is the most successful drug dealing kingpin of oxycontin on college campuses also a pharmacist? Christ Almighty you're an idiot

[El Kabong]

Since when do 'millennials' dictate what constitutes ANYTHING in this country? Is the most successful drug dealing kingpin of oxycontin on college campuses also a pharmacist? Christ Almighty you're an idiot

22 Pharmacists, Doctors Arrested in DEA’s Drug Abuse Crackdown

While "the most successful drug dealing kingpin of oxycontin on college campuses" doesn't HAVE to be a pharmacist, it doesn't mean that it COULDN'T be a pharmacist.


If you don't understand that Millennials and their disposable income can drive a market then you're the idiot. I'm just saying these kids, "Millennials" grew up with CNN, they grew up with the internet, they grew up in an era where the lines between opinion and fact are skewed, and in this day and age YES Jon Stewart is considered host of a "news" show, however heavy on the finger quotes you want to go....pollsters have asked, Millennials have answered, and the answer is although Millennials get news from various sources Jon Stewart's The Daily Show IS one of those sources and that is undeniable.

The New York Times AND The Atlantic compared Jon Stewart to Edward R. Murrow!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/bu...wart.html?_r=3

It's true: Jon Stewart has become Edward R. Murrow (updated) - The Atlantic

When The Daily Show's fake news becomes real journalism | Media | The Guardian

10 Times Jon Stewart Outdid Journalism | Rolling Stone

I Really Like Jon Stewart, but Here's What Bothers me About him

best bit from the last link: "But it worries me that young people in particular (the show's audience skews fairly young) will use "The Daily Show" as a substitute for real news. That would be a tragedy, because it's been my experience that most young people are woefully ignorant of current events (various polls have confirmed this.) One example: I recently asked a class of about 15 students why the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. No one knew."

Online Poll: Jon Stewart Is America's Most Trusted Newsman

[Bill Paxtom]

Cheating Johnny

Just how long before he starts 'Banging the Nanny'.

see; Ben Affleck

Jon Stewart as the happiest man in the world, with ........................................... Wife