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I think the issue of kids being manipulated by mobile games is a legitimate issue. That aside, the Daily Show is comedy. It's astonishing that people are surpr
by andrewfelix 15y ago
I think the issue of kids being manipulated by mobile games is a legitimate issue.
That aside, the Daily Show is comedy. It's astonishing that people are surprised that their sketches aren't factually accurate. They have 'live' reports from heaven and hell for fks sake. Enjoy it, try not to form opinions based on it.
- betageek 15y agoPeople keep using the "it's a fake news show" as a defense but I don't buy into that. I've always thought of the Daily Show as satire, holding up real news stories to ridicule has a long and glowing history of influencing the public - once you start twisting stories to fit in with a joke you've lost the high ground. The fact that gamification's effect on kids is a legitimate issue makes it worse - there's enough real craziness around to make fun of without inventing some.
- tejaswiy 15y agoI don't agree to this. Stewart does a whole bunch of political commentry and lots of people treat it as real satire (me included).
- atomicdog 15y ago>I think the issue of kids being manipulated by mobile games is a legitimate issue. Unfortunately, the DS seem to have targeted a fairly legit company to "expose" this issue. I mean, it's not as if there is a massive dearth of shady companies on the app store they could of featured... the Daily Show just took advantage of one legit company's openness and naivity.