July 1st, 2009
Fake News is Better Than “Real” News
Not sure what to make of this, but lately I’ve been getting my news from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Seems like they have the freedom to just tell the truth because they are a comedy show. They just lay it out there. Sure its for laughs, but it really makes you think about how the “real” news never really gets to the heart of the matter.
Take whats been happening in Iran. The Daily Show actually had a “reporter” in Iran during the election before any of the “real” news shows were paying attention. Then they did a week long series showing how Iranians and Americans were more alike than different, while at the same time satirizing our collective view of Iranians as a bunch of terrorists. Best part was that they had a hard time finding Americans that knew anything about Iran, while they had no troubles finding Iranians that knew stuff about American history and politics. You never get this type of information on news shows plus it was funny as hell.