Tweet of the Year

"People who got their news from Jon Stewart for 15 years now very angry about "fake news."

- Abe Greenwald


e.g.,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/30/jon-stewart-will-leave-plenty-of-millennials-in-search-of-a-new-way-to-get-their-news/?utm_term=.bc2a4d094a91

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-get-news-from-comedy-central/

http://www.journalism.org/2008/05/08/journalism-satire-or-just-laughs-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-examined/

Where has Jon gone?

I blame Trumps win on him leaving. 😞

Originally posted by sh76
"People who got their news from Jon Stewart for 15 years now very angry about "fake news."

- Abe Greenwald


e.g.,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/30/jon-stewart-will-leave-plenty-of-millennials-in-search-of-a-new-way-to-get-their-news/?utm_term=.bc2a4d094a91

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-get-news-from-comedy-central/

...[text shortened]... nalism.org/2008/05/08/journalism-satire-or-just-laughs-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-examined/

Commenting on the news using comedy and satire is clearly comparable to spreading rumours about Hillary Clinton ordering assassinations.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Commenting on the news using comedy and satire is clearly comparable to spreading rumours about Hillary Clinton ordering assassinations.

Of course. I'm dumbfounded that Reps have a rep for being dumb.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Commenting on the news using comedy and satire is clearly comparable to spreading rumours about Hillary Clinton ordering assassinations.

It's not criticizing The Daily Show or The Onion or any other satire outlet to note the irony that, for a generation, people commented amusingly and approvingly about how young people were getting their news from satire outlets and then reacted with horror when fake news sources were shown to exist.

Originally posted by sh76
"People who got their news from Jon Stewart for 15 years now very angry about "fake news."

- Abe Greenwald


e.g.,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/30/jon-stewart-will-leave-plenty-of-millennials-in-search-of-a-new-way-to-get-their-news/?utm_term=.bc2a4d094a91

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-get-news-from-comedy-central/

...[text shortened]... nalism.org/2008/05/08/journalism-satire-or-just-laughs-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-examined/

people who got their news from Jon Stewart for 15 years were way better informed than any Cnn/Msnbc/etc viewer. You will notice i ignored Fox news in this statement (as should any reasonably intelligent person)

Originally posted by sh76
It's not criticizing The Daily Show or The Onion or any other satire outlet to note the irony that, for a generation, people commented amusingly and approvingly about how young people were getting their news from satire outlets and then reacted with horror when fake news sources were shown to exist.

If you compare Jon Stewart's Daily show with the Onion you are either ignorant about at least one of those or dumb as a rock.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Commenting on the news using comedy and satire is clearly comparable to spreading rumours about Hillary Clinton ordering assassinations.

Or Pizzagate. Didn't you know she organized a sex slave ring in the back of that pizza shop. Disgusting. For something anyway....

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
people who got their news from Jon Stewart for 15 years were way better informed than any Cnn/Msnbc/etc viewer.

Yes, a person who does get all of his news from The Daily Show would say so...

Originally posted by sh76
Yes, a person who does get all of his news from The Daily Show would say so...

all their news? as in only care about the subjects Jon Stewart is covering and then completely shutting off any other news source?

is that what you think i meant? that would make your argument easier to support, wouldn't it.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Or Pizzagate. Didn't you know she organized a sex slave ring in the back of that pizza shop. Disgusting. For something anyway....

I discovered a conspiracy even more nefarious:

http://imgur.com/gallery/pWyXCZl

Originally posted by sh76
It's not criticizing The Daily Show or The Onion or any other satire outlet to note the irony that, for a generation, people commented amusingly and approvingly about how young people were getting their news from satire outlets and then reacted with horror when fake news sources were shown to exist.

"Fake News" is any source that deliberately spreads false information. That wouldn't include the Daily Show.

End thread.

Originally posted by vivify
"Fake News" is any source that deliberately spreads false information. That wouldn't include the Daily Show.

End thread.

End thread.

Why?