Those of you, who have never seen this show.. my advice.. SEE IT!! It is not just a laugh riot the way of David Letterman, Jay Leno or our own Cyrus. It is an intelligent look at news makers of the week. Nothing escapes it. The US politician differs from the Indian in his suaveness and his command of English (albeit American English). The Daily Show does not let the politicians and the opinion makers in the newsrooms from getting away with their double standards and half baked ideas for the country.
The Daily Show is US centric, but that does not stop us from enjoying the show and learning something from it. When we see our newsreaders on NDTV, CNN-IBN, Headlines Today etc going from newsreaders to pushing their opinions onto us or plugging a story till it is blue on screen, we remember the Daily Show. When we see our politicians shift positions almost every hour, sleep with their enemies at the first sign of favours, or jump on top of any issue that could show their opponents in the poor light or cause trouble, we remember the Daily Show.
It is not enough to know that something happened or something was said. We must also understand why it happened and why it was said AND WHY IT GOT REPORTED. Become aware.
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Hey I have been watching that since 1998, when Craig Kilborne (the dick boyfriend from wedding crashers) used to host it. 2000 was when John StewarT took over. Have been a loyal viewer since. Most US polls say Dems get most of their news from this rather than Faux News etc.
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