As Bill Carter writes, 'The Daily Show' is a linear TV unicorn—the rare show not losing younger viewers but gaining them. Could the late-night series that seemed nearly left for dead two years ago end up being the genre’s most durable?
I do feel that while satire should be able to hold those in power accountable, without a functioning news media and justice system, the jokes just numb the pain and normalise the behaviour because everyday it’s expected that the bad people will get dunked on and if they do then the other side got their jab in this fight.
I do feel that while satire should be able to hold those in power accountable, without a functioning news media and justice system, the jokes just numb the pain and normalise the behaviour because everyday it’s expected that the bad people will get dunked on and if they do then the other side got their jab in this fight.