Matt Bialick
Patricia Andrews
Media, Politics & Societyety
September 14th, 2010
September 8th, 2010
Does fake news mislead the public? I think so, especially with younger audiences. Shows like the Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart show single sided political and news views. Both shows are comical, and appear light hearted. If you look deeper they always have a underlying message. I think the comedy draws people into to feeling like they are not dealing with important issues. Through this comical mask, the shows view sticks with the audience. I think the material shows are discussing are be generally true and actual events, yet younger people wont spend time to review the full details and see both sides. Also, people don't understand when shows like South Park and Colbert Report are mocking something. If these people listen to what is being said literally with out the joking understood. They could adopt the opposite messages the show is actual message. I do agree with Hollander that late night television can be informative to its viewers who often don't watch the news. Yet I think many people get short jokes and not the whole story from these programs. I myself will hear a news jokes on late night television, then use the Internet to find the full story. I think most people do not look at the background and full story of news jokes, this leads to them getting a single sided view. It really depends on the viewer themselves to not be mislead by these shows by searching for the full stories and more information.
Patricia Andrews
Media, Politics & Societyety
September 14th, 2010
September 8th, 2010
Does fake news mislead the public? I think so, especially with younger audiences. Shows like the Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart show single sided political and news views. Both shows are comical, and appear light hearted. If you look deeper they always have a underlying message. I think the comedy draws people into to feeling like they are not dealing with important issues. Through this comical mask, the shows view sticks with the audience. I think the material shows are discussing are be generally true and actual events, yet younger people wont spend time to review the full details and see both sides. Also, people don't understand when shows like South Park and Colbert Report are mocking something. If these people listen to what is being said literally with out the joking understood. They could adopt the opposite messages the show is actual message. I do agree with Hollander that late night television can be informative to its viewers who often don't watch the news. Yet I think many people get short jokes and not the whole story from these programs. I myself will hear a news jokes on late night television, then use the Internet to find the full story. I think most people do not look at the background and full story of news jokes, this leads to them getting a single sided view. It really depends on the viewer themselves to not be mislead by these shows by searching for the full stories and more information.
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