Yes: It trivializes and denigrates the process
9% (66 votes)
No: It's like a spoonful of sugar to make the citizenship go down
86% (611 votes)
Undecided
5% (36 votes)
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Stewart > Colbert
Submitted on April 15th, 2008 by Johnny TsunamiThe only possible way one could say John Stewart isn't funny is if the person is the butt of the joke or doesn't understand the jokes. Colbert was funny while on The Daily Show, but the Colbert Report has him reduced to making immature non sequiturs and relying on poorly-constructed physical comedy. John Stewart represents comedy for the informed, and he shouldn't be labeled as unfunny just because the labeler is ignorant of current events.
Colbert is very funny.
Submitted on April 14th, 2008 by AnonymousIt's those conservatives that don't like their trick-ponies exposed that have a hard time with him. He's the best thing on TV.
I used to be a big Stewart fan, and still am, but I like Colbert better.
If only they were actually funny...
Submitted on April 14th, 2008 by Chuck_JohnsonColbert is a tired joke.
Stewart just isn't funny and all the other ones are funny only when they aren't joking about current events.
I blame the lack of talent in Los Angeles.
Chuck Johnson is a student at Claremont McKenna College. Feel free to contact him.
Our Court Jesters
Submitted on April 14th, 2008 by AnonymousThe purpose of the court jester has always been to point of the absurdities and excesses of the powerful.
Hell, you get a more realistic analysis of events from Daily show than you get from all the talking heads combined.
Black humor is an important way that we know that we are not the only ones who see what liars and scoundrels are leading us.
It educates the uneducated.
Submitted on April 14th, 2008 by The Big KlosowskiI know that it presents a caricature of the news, but many people (like my wife) would be otherwise uninterested in the entire process. And those who are "in the know" are not going to have their minds changed.
If anything, I think it's good for the nation.
i think we need more television
Submitted on April 14th, 2008 by Anonymousmocking the absurdities of that seem to be the rule.
too many people take themselves way to seriously.
are you listening Mr Bush????