John Oliver: “If people get their news from the Daily Show, this country is in real trouble”
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At least the ending made some logical sense. But when he was saying that people need to watch the news, I took that to mean Main Stream News, and if people are getting their news from the Main Stream Media, I think we are in trouble. John Stewart generally does his show based on Main Stream Media stories, which are only what Main Stream wants to discuss, whereas online media covers all topics, not just a hand-picked few. So John Stewart is limited to making jokes about what is basically entertainment TV or propaganda TV, take your pick. It is dumbed-down TV, which I can understand someone wanting to poke fun at and make jokes about. I do. At least at the very end the man is suggesting people get their news from other sources, such as online non-cable sources. I suggest people look at as many sources as possible, preferably foreign sources included, and then compare and decide for themselves what is true and what is fluff, comedy nonsense with a propaganda bent. If they are selling you on a war, invasion, humanitarian bombing of some third-world country, it is almost certain it is propaganda news.