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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by forrestthewoods on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:18AM (#3347098)
Despite popular belief the Daily Show is not a real news show. People treat it as such and this is unfortunate.
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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by Luc on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:44AM (#3347148)
I don't watch the Daily Show beyond the occasional clip, but it seems to me the difference in this case is that many (most?) people are not informed about the issue from another news source, so they have nothing to compare to. Unavoidably some of it will get taken for true...
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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by jonhendry on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @09:29AM (#3347541)
If they didn't have information from elsewhere, they wouldn't get most of the jokes.
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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by Luc on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @01:56PM (#3348677)
That's the point!
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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by betageek on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @06:44AM (#3347220)
Maybe it's not a 'real new show' but it is designed to influence public thought so there are some ethics involved, see my satire remark above.
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Re:Jon Stewart skewers Freemium iOS Games [video] by andrewfelix on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @03:50AM (#3351139)
'designed to influence public thought'

It's designed to make people laugh and it references topical news. I think you're confusing The Daily Show with Fox News.

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