Before Jon Stewart

The truth about fake news. Believe it.

Just before his famous confrontation with Tucker Carlson on CNN 's Crossfire two years ago, Jon Stewart was introduced as "the most trusted name in fake news." No argument there. Stewart, as everyone knows, is the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that has been running since 1996 and has spun off the equally funny and successful Colbert Report. Together these shows are broadcast (back to back) more than twenty-three times a week, "from ... Full Story »

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Joe Pallas
4.6
by Joe Pallas - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an excellent overview of "fake news" progressing from hoax to propaganda and satire. If I can fault it, it would be for its failure to cover one particular source of fake news that is common today: "commentators" in the Limbaugh vein who say they are entertainers, not journalists. This cover allows them to spread stories that are misleading or false with impunity.

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