The Daily Show on the Media and the War
Posted by Matt Ortega | October 13, 2007Recently, the Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz stated on Good Morning America that he believed newscasts from 2005 and 2006 turned the tide against the war. Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, mocked this answer by nothing, “Yes, the network newscasts with their recording of ‘things’ and the ’showing of them’” turned the tide against the war.
Stewart goes on to show how news organizations fomented the fear that was instilled in the American public by the Bush administration, and how FOX News is still doing so on Iran.
