Stewart to the Throne

The popularity of shows like the Daily Show and The Colbert Report is sad and even more distressing is the fact that the majority of youth get the majority of the other news from programs like it. That said, they have to be some of my favorite shows and I must put myself into that large group of youths who watch if for news instead of one of the big network news programs. Now this may seem very hypocritical to most and really is at this point. However I don’t believe you will think so when I tell you why I think it is sad: because The Daily Show provides more relevant no bias stories than the big news outfits.
It is not like today’s youth are foolish, they have not been taken in by these comedians simply because they are funny – which I must say they truly are. Today’s youth have started getting there news from these shows because they are doing a better job of analyzing the stories and there implicates through comedy than the other news shows. It is a sad state for journalism, politics and the world.
The real problem here is that the news corporations refuse to recognize what the real role of these shows are because it is the same role they have been failing to fill: the role of watchdog. Just as true news reporting is supposed to be the fourth estate – keeping the politicians in check and letting people know when they step over a line – the news parodies are a watch dog of the news corporations, making sure they do there jobs.
However instead of recognizing this and seeing the validity of their criticisms the big news outfits simply file John Stewart and everyone like him under the category of silly dalliance, not worthy to question the judgment of the all powerful newsmen. However I don’t think they will think the same of them when everyone starts going to them for news and leave them without jobs. It will happen if they continue to fail to hold up the values of true journalism, and we will all sit at home and enjoy silly puns and try to forget our horrid social state.