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The Daily Show

The Daily Show has entered into the real news recently by having guests like Bill Clinton and even John Kerry. It's sad that even though they preface all of their shows with statements about how it is a comedy show, it is the most real and accurate news show on television these days. Jon Stewart isn't afraid to ask the questions that we all wanna know and tells the viewing audience and the guests when things don't add up. Which is what I think we all are expect from the real news media, but it's surprising how little other news sources try to get the "real" information, or ask important questions.

From The Daily Show we get great quotes like:


This morning, prompted by increasing concerns about terrorism, oil prices reached a record high as the cost of a barrel of crude is a whooping $44.34. Wow, it seems shocking that a product of finite supply gets more expensive the more we use it. ... Now the terror alert means higher oil prices, which oddly enough means higher profits for oil companies giving them more money to give to politicians whose policies may favor the oil companies such as raising the terror alert level. As Simba once told us ? it's the circle of life.

And many more. If you go over to boingboing, you can see some of the election-time Daily Show clips.