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Study: ‘Daily Show’ is legitimate news

Posted by Cory Bergman on October 6, 2006

As much as Jon Stewart says The Daily Show is just fake news, a new study by the University of Indiana found that it’s “just as substantive as network (news) coverage.” The study found while The Daily Show featured more humor that coverage, network news had more hype than substance. I don’t know if I believe that, but perhaps for cable news…

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http://www.wate.com Jim Smith

In the interest of accuracy (and school boosterism), it’s Indiana University, not University of Indiana.

Go Hoosiers!
http://www.frankcatalano.com Frank Catalano

I believe it. As Ted Koppel, I think, remarked, the Daily Show works because it’s like a political cartoon.

In order for someone to understand the joke, you have to first set it up. For a news joke, you have to tell the news story first.
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