Strange bedfellows how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke /

A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets?

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Kaituhi matua: Peterson, Russell Leslie
Kaituhi rangatōpū: ebrary, Inc
Hōputu: Tāhiko īPukapuka
Reo:Ingarihi
I whakaputaina: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
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  • Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain
  • Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith
  • For whom the bell dings
  • Laughing all the way to the White House
  • Irony is dead... long live satire?