I love the Daily Show, but damn I'd get depressed from watching it if I was American. Seems like most of your politicians and the media talking heads doesn't bat an eye at saying the most outragious things and openly lying about stuff, not caring whether they get called on it or not.
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I love the Daily Show, but d**n I'd get depressed from watching it if I was American. Seems like most of your politicians and the media talking heads doesn't bat an eye at saying the most outragious things and openly lying about stuff, not caring whether they get called on it or not.
Jon Stewart's goal (I think) is to hold individuals and corporations accountable for what they say and do. Unfortunately, politics in the U.S. is no longer really based on appeals to reason or well-constructed arguments. Look at the Teabaggers. Nothing they say or do makes sense, and so people like Jon Stewart have plenty of stuff to make fun of. However, it makes no difference to the majority of politicians. These people have taken to appealing to the reptilian brain, aka the part of your mind that causes road rage. They don't have to make sense; they just want the power of a mob behind them.
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