[lbo-talk] Indiana University Study: The Daily Show is as substantive as the real news

[Carl Remick]

>From: Ira Glazer <ira at yanua.com>
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>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061004-7908.html
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>10/4/2006 4:36:32 PM, by Eric Bangeman <mailto:eric at arstechnica.com>
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>... Is it time to tune out World News Tonight and tune into The Daily Show? 
>Professor Fox doesn't think so, saying that "we should probably be 
>concerned about both of those sources, because neither one is particularly 
>substantive. It's a bottom-line industry and ratings-driven. We live in an 
>'infotainment' society, and there certainly are a number of other sources 
>available."

This is what's known in the newsbiz as "burying your lead."

Carl