1. Mouthpiece of the Liberal Left? Jon Stewart and The Daily Show's "Real" Coverage of Election 2008.
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Teten, Ryan Lee
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ELECTIONS , *PARTISANSHIP , *DEMOCRACY , *POLITICAL parties - Abstract
During the course of the 2008 primary election cycle, Jon Stewart and the "fake" news program, The Daily Show, were often viewed by the political pundits and media outlets as little more than a leftist attack machine. But, how "fake" and how partisan was the show in all actuality? This paper examines, through an extensive content analysis, The Daily Show episodes for the year leading to the elections of 2008 for the issues that were covered and the perspectives that were most frequently adopted. The content analysis looks at the newsworthiness of the reporting, the amount of coverage of both parties, the jokes that were made, and the footage that was shown concerning both the Democrat and Republican parties and the presidential primary candidates of 2008. This analysis includes a full dissection of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show in order to determine not only viability as a news source, but also partisanship in coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2011