[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

I say this with complete sincerity:

John Stewart's Daily Show, the Colbert Report and now John Oliver's Last Week Tonight are all far and way superior news programs than the vast, vast, vast majority of cable and major network news shows.

They provide more information about relevant newsworthy topics than any of the aforementioned and they do it in significantly less time. It may be hard to believe, but interviews account for more airtime on CNN/MSNBC etc than they do on those shows. Half of CNNs airtime is devoted to interview segments, the flimsiest of flimsy journalism.

The closest any 'news channel' gets to reporting actual news is during election coverage, which is why when you see what CBC offers, it's such a stark contrast to the usual garbage.

When you see someone take the bare essentials of journalism and illustrate them on TV, I.E. waiting for confirmation from independent sources for information like in the unfortunate death of the victim here, it's like it's something to be lauded instead of saying "why doesn't every other person and station that calls themselves a journalist do that?"

I won't derail this thread, but those shows are not "news" shows. They are shows that cherry pick stories and events to provide maximum value entertainment purposes.

They do not provide "news" they provide a commentary on "news".