jpx7 (08-01-2015)
I don't watch Cable News anymore and haven't for many years.
I used to watch CNN, Larry King-Anderson Cooper combo used to be really good. Blitzer was ok during the day.
When it's election season (debates, primaries, etc) I usually watch MSNBC only to watch Morning Joe. I can't stand Scarborough sometimes but the show overall is enjoyable early in the morning. I used to watch Chris Matthews a bit, but since he left the 5 o clock time slot to move to 7 permanently I don't really watch anymore.
I get pretty much all my news from Reddit subreddits, or a few news sites I frequent. I don't have 100 subscriptions like Hawk, but I make do.
Forever Fredi
The Chosen One (08-01-2015)
I don't watch fox much anymore, but I think the Brett Baeir show is great. Probably the best news show on cable tv. See, I agree with Hawk. I like Bill Maher a lot more than Stewart. Stewart seemed like a one trick pony to me. Make a shallow smart ass comment, if audience laughs then move on, if audience doesn't laugh then sit awkwardly for a few seconds until the sheep laugh. I usually watch Bill Maher when I get a chance to. I don't like watching the news, because when I'm at home my kids are usually there and it's mostly about death and violence.
Mostly get my news from the internet these days like most folk. Drudgereport, facebook is good to see what the general public is interested in. The thing about Drudge is that you click on the link and it's something like Salon, WSJ, NYT, HuffPo or politico and I usually wind up reading all the stories on those sites too.
thank you weso1!
What's neat about her is that she has that affect - meaning she doesn't stay within the predictable and often lame lines that we expect. And so she comes across as being all over the place. The more I read her the more consistently hyper-Freudian she seems. Though I'm not a Freud fan, I like reading someone who has the ability to piss off folks in both of our typical camps. There's a chance that having voices like that out there can keep us honest.
I'm not being exclusionary, just trying to delineate.
If we're talking about John Boehner's weaknesses as Speaker I would personally feel more informed by having a broad fact-based understanding of why that might be the case rather than a troped menagerie of media which shows him crying or misspeaking as a method of explanation.
Last edited by Hawk; 08-01-2015 at 10:21 AM.
viewers of Stewart and Colbert were more in tune than any other other viewers out there:
A new study by the Pew Research Study shows that viewers of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report have the highest knowledge of national and international affairs, while Fox News viewers rank nearly dead last:
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
BedellBrave (08-01-2015)
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Not the point really. More people get their news from the Internet (and social media -- which isn't even listed in this survey) in 2015 than 2005. The poll would look completely different if it were somewhat recent. It's 10 years old.
More importantly, I don't consider knowing who Vladimir Putin is or knowing that a lot of people died in Iraq as being particularly informed, but if we want to set the bar low, I guess that's knowledgeable enough.
BedellBrave (08-01-2015)
ok
but i would say not knowing those simple things speaks volumes of the other "sources of real news" but so be it
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Looks like the watchers of Stewart were on about the same level as Limbaugh's listeners. I'd be really proud of that.
I think this problem speaks to the fact that your problem (at least politically) is more with the reception of Stewart—how (segments of) his audience digest and excrete telecasts of The Daily Show—than with Stewart himself and the content of The Daily Show.
I'm also pretty sure you haven't watched much of The Daily Show if you think its only comedic treatment of John Boehner (or any other governmental figure, for that matter) is comprised of "a troped menagerie of media which shows him crying or misspeaking as a method of explanation".
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."