The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism

Bush: George Tenet ... a bit ... ... like a civil servant, hey, me, you like to work with him. He is a powerful and competent leader by each person, uh .... He is one person, hey ... he is a powerful leader in the fight against terrorism. (3 June 2004)

Bush: Americans are safer, as the United States and our coalition helped end Saddam Hussein's violent regime and as we are helping to build peace and democracy.

Stewart: [Surprise and enthusiasm] Oh! Oh, nice! We, we are more safe! This is why we do this, as Americans are safer! [Tone change] Of course, some say that Iraq is now a bigger hotbed for anti-American forces, even Tom Ritchie says that al-Qaeda is planning to attack us before the election It was. Not so secure though ...

Stewart: Oh! So, hey, he said again! That was his second time. So, in fact, even the State Department of Bush itself issued a report saying that when the report was deleted, there were more terrorist attacks than last year than it was tracked.

Stuart: [Hanging her head] Oh, Oh, you do. But let me ask you this question because of the embarrassment between us ... What criteria do you use to prove this? In other words, what kind of evidence are there other than you?

Stewart: [After a bit of silence] Basically, in the final analysis, the Bush administration's strategy to fight terrorism ... repeats. [Pause] Do you know, give us the last "Americans are safer" and then give prosperity saying "Please do not ask me anymore" this time.

In detail in his article "The Daily Show: Invention of Discourative Integration and Political Newsism", Baym details how the Daily Show sponsored by Jon Stewart presents news coverage. For satirical news programs, presenting information in a comprehensive way is used to give viewers better perspective. In many cases, Stewart adds additional background information to his snippet and reminds of relevant past details. For example, "Daily Show" shows a complete video of Bush 's comments on Tenet' s resignation in 2004. This is a wise choice for the show, trying to express the event more realistically. In addition, it can be seen as a challenge and criticism not covered in more traditional news programs. In this way satirical news can be considered more useful than other news sources.

As the boundary between comedy programs and news programs is blurred, Jon Stewart is under pressure in some circles to participate in more serious news coverage. Lizz Winstead, co-founder of Tucker Carlson and Daily Show, criticized Stewart as criticizing individual pieces of politicians and journalists and then rarely asked to work face to face in the same person interview Absent. In 2004, Winstead expressed his wish that Stewart raised more serious sarcasmen and said: "When you interview Richard Pearl or Kissinger, if you give them a pass, you You have a satire.You have a war criminal sitting on the sofa - making him a war criminal sitting on the sofe means that you must respect a certain boundary "She should have the chance to get the daily show's success and youth vote Stewart will work hard so as to put pressure on political customers without worrying that political guests will not return to the performances It is.