How do you take your ‘news’? It’s CNN or ‘The Daily Show’ for me
If you're like me, and many people are, you've heard absolutely a million times more than you really need to hear about Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton -- or Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama, if that matters to you.
I turned on a rerun of "The Daily Show" awhile ago and host Jon Stewart voiced exactly the same thing -- he said they were not going to do the routine nightly coverage of the Democratic presidential race because he and everyone else was sick to death of it.
Stewart's parody program was also the one to point out how absolutely absurd it was in the candidates' televised "debate" last week that the two media bozos hosting it took until question 16 -- over one hour into the debate -- before either candidate was actually asked something about the issues! Everything until then dealt with personality and "gossip"-type buzz questions.
I realize, of course, that Stewart's program is NOT "news," but really is "entertainment." But in my book, Stewart's often cutting edge "comedy" is more reality than you'll find on most of the networks -- including the one news network I watch the most, CNN.
CNN gets my vote, if I were forced to pick one, as the "best" of the legit "news" networks. They have some relatively sharp people and do their best to pay attention. They generally get it right, with less hype and fluff than most broadcast news.
What's your pleasure? Do you watch any particular news networks or news programs more than others? Do you ever watch "The Daily Show," and if so, how do you feel about it? Tell us.
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