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Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

Jokes funny only if audience is already up on current events

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 9:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – Claims that young people get more news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show than from traditional sources are bunk, a journalism think-tank has concluded after examining a year's worth of episodes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that while the comedy show had much of...   Read full story »

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