[CuriouslyC]

Frankly the Daily Show/Last Week Tonight are the best news, because the news isn't vegetables to begin with, it's alluring toxic slop that makes us feel like shit when we consume it. At least TDS/LWT make us feel good while getting mildly (and mostly unnecessarily) informed.

[passion__desire]

One problem with mixing comedy with serious news is we undermine the gravity or seriousness with which we should respond. Hardtalk on BBC should be common format so that people go into the show with belief that these are not laughing matter

[gosub100]

The other problem was the overwhelming bias. There was one approved narrative, and the comedians always made jokes that promoted it and disparaged the opposite.

[CuriouslyC]

John Stewart rips into the democrats all the time, just not for being rapacious hypocritical monsters.

[concordDance]

As long as you remember that it's quite possible for a series of true facts to give you a less accurate model of the world.