Another Pew report studied a year's worth of content of "The Daily Show" after research ranked Jon Stewart as the fourth most trusted journalist. It's most interesting finding was:
"The results reveal a television program that draws on the news events of the day but picks selectively among them — heavily emphasizing national politics and ignoring other news events entirely. In that regard, The Daily Show closely resembles the news agenda of a number of cable news programs as well as talk radio."
In other words, you could make a case that those students who get their news primarily from "The Daily Show" really are getting news, just a skewed version of news. And who says that's not what they are getting from more mainstream sources?
The study's at http://journalism.org/node/10953
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