<story><title>The News Is Information Junk Food (2022)</title><url>https://chuck.is/news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>steveBK123</author><text>The blending of comedy&amp;#x2F;entertainment with news, going back to the GWB era with the Daily Show is a good example of this problem.  People consuming junk food thinking they are getting their vegetables.&lt;p&gt;Better to simply turn off your brain and honestly watch real junk without the false sophistication.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>flir</author><text>I think you do political satire - because that&amp;#x27;s what the Daily Show is - a disservice. Spitting Image (for example) massively shaped people&amp;#x27;s perceptions of British politicians in the 80s. That Maggie puppet is still an iconic image of the woman herself.</text></comment>
<story><title>The News Is Information Junk Food (2022)</title><url>https://chuck.is/news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>steveBK123</author><text>The blending of comedy&amp;#x2F;entertainment with news, going back to the GWB era with the Daily Show is a good example of this problem.  People consuming junk food thinking they are getting their vegetables.&lt;p&gt;Better to simply turn off your brain and honestly watch real junk without the false sophistication.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CuriouslyC</author><text>Frankly the Daily Show&amp;#x2F;Last Week Tonight are the best news, because the news isn&amp;#x27;t vegetables to begin with, it&amp;#x27;s alluring toxic slop that makes us feel like shit when we consume it.  At least TDS&amp;#x2F;LWT make us feel good while getting mildly (and mostly unnecessarily) informed.</text></comment>