For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't… you know, it's interesting. I think we don't make things up. We just distill it to, hopefully, its most humorous nugget. And in that sense it seems faked and skewed just because we don't have to be subjective or pretend to be objective. We can just put it out there.
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Prithee, friend,
Pour out the pack of matter to mine ear,
The good and the bad together: read more
Prithee, friend,
Pour out the pack of matter to mine ear,
The good and the bad together: he's friends with Caesar,
In state of health, thou say'st, and thou say'st, free.
But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed read more
But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed of any late-breaking...humor we can find. Of course, our show is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the many news sources that we're competing with… at a disadvantage in several respects. For one thing, we are fake. They are not. So in terms of credibility we are, well, oddly enough, actually about even. We're about even.
. . . by evil report and good report . . .
. . . by evil report and good report . . .
He's gone, and who knows how may he report
Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
He's gone, and who knows how may he report
Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're read more
The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.
Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever read more
Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,
Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.
It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from read more
It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akhond of Swat?
Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akhond of Swat?
Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.
Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.
