The Daily Show

sources. Stewart and Colbert’s style of “fake news” can be very beneficial in getting viewers interested in politics and the important issues of the day, but they can also cloud the subject. On an even more somber note, the popularity of “fake news” shows can…

On Sepetember 27, 2008, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performed a cold open sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin during the presidential election of 2008. Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin, while Katie Couric is portrayed by Amy Poehler. The two comedians mock an actual interview done by the potential vice president and journalist that was performed a few weeks prior. The 7 minute cold open, which is longer than most of their sketches, contains a plethora of communication methods to…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SATIRE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE The ‘Late Show’ employs political satire to promote the agenda of the public sphere - enable citizens to engage in critical public debate, by advocating for a ‘deliberative democracy’. Political satire is often described as humour’s most overtly political genre (Faina 2012, p. 347). The Late Show’s harnesses the power of political satire to frame important socio-political issues in a manner similar to how individuals engage with…

character that he is Catholic, from the South, but is not conservative, obviously. (BIO, n.d) Colbert’s humor is viewed as liberal satire, meaning it makes conservatives look like uninformed idiots. Colbert is also known to rip on major slam talk show hosts like Bill O’Reilly, which make sense because Colbert created his character to be just as obnoxious as Bill O’Reilly but on the other side of the party spectrum. The point of saying all this is I view this book as just a one long Colbert…

Samantha Bee is a forty-seven-year-old comedian who was born and raised in Canada. Sam climbed the ladder of success, moving from her involvement in the Daily Show with John Stewart as a correspondent to the recent achievement of hosting her own show titled “Full Frontal.” The journey to celebrity status was not one without its challenges and bumps in the road. Just after her birth on October 25, 1969, her parents split, leaving her to be raised by Sam’s Grandmother. Sam said in an interview…

the show, Oliver plays a video from FOX news that shows people on a train in France who are shouting “Allahuhakbar” (Last Week Tonight) which means God is great. The newscaster says she’s not saying they’re terrorists however the caption underneath contradicts her statement when it says “Terrorists Inbound?” (Last Week Tonight). The audience begins to understand where Oliver is coming from with his criticism by allowing us to view the video before he makes any comments. Oliver is able to show us…

tongue-in-cheek type language that is often suggesting ridiculous solutions to problems, in an effort to get the audience to understand society’s short-comings in a way that isn’t preachy or very demanding. Popular examples in the 21st century include the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Colbert Report and the website The Onion. Jonathan Swift uses heavy, straight-faced satire in his book “A Modest Proposal”. This satire helps the reader understand the devastating turmoil and scarcity that the…

Meredith Kressen Bobby Howard PHIL 2203-001 Fallacies in Popular Culture In 2001, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert were both cast members of the hit television show, The Daily Show, which airs on Comedy Central. During one of their segments titled “Even Stephen” the two poked fun at each other while either arguing extremely for or extremely against a certain topic. The video I have chosen to analyze was an argument regarding the topic of a patient’s bill of rights. Although there are many…

Being the Hallmark afficionado that I am, I am definitely a fan of the daily show Home & Family. Even though I don 't consistently have the opportunity to watch all the segments every single day, there are some names embedded in my memory and various segments that are genuinely memorable. And "Renegade Kitchen" is decidedly one of those. Then again, I am the cook in my household, and it is something I have continuously enjoyed doing for my family and friends. Recently, I caught up with Dan…

news make viewers laugh? Do they understand what the news show is trying to explain? Airing Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm, The Colbert Report, a television show, is a satire news show that displays an easier to understand form of news. The Colbert Report is a parody of the news show The O’Reilly Factor which takes on current controversial political issues. The star of The Colbert Report is Stephen Colbert. He plays a character on the show who is silly and sarcastic. The Colbert Report makes…