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9780470766132

The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470766132

  • ISBN10:

    0470766131

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

An entertaining and insightful examination of the Emmy-award winning American satirical news show, broadcast on Comedy Central in the US, and (in an edited edition) on More4 in the UK and CNN International around the world. Includes discussion of both The Daily Show and its spin-off show, The Colbert Report Showcases philosophers at their best, discussing truth, knowledge, reality and the American Way Highlights the razor sharp critical skills of Jon Stewart and his colleagues Faces tough and surprisingly funny questions about politics, religion, and power head on

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Great Book, or the Greatest Book?
Segment One: Headlines: Faux News is Good News
Amusing Ourselves to Death with Television News: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and the Huxleyan Warning
The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source
The Fake News as the Fifth Estate
The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show
Segment Two: CorrespondentÆs Report
Jon Stewart and the New Public Intellectual
Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power
Can The Daily Show Save Democracy? Jon Stewart as the Gadfly of Gotham
Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101
Segment Three: Regular Feature: Critical Thinking and the War on Bullshit
Public Discourse and the Stewart Model of Critical Thinking
The Daily ShowÆs Exposé of Political Rhetoric
Bullshit and Political Spin: Is the Medium the Massage?
Bullshitting Bullshitters and the Bullshit They Say
Segment Four: Interview: Religion, God, and Darwin
The Challenge of Religious Diversity in ôThis Week in Godö
Contingency, Irony, and ôThis Week in Godö
Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars
Segment Five: Checking in with Stephen Colbert/Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show
America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory
The Daily Show/Colbert Report Guide to Neologizing
Truthiness, Self-Deception, and Intuitive Knowledge
Stephen Colbert, Irony, and Speaking Truthiness to Power
Senior Philosophical Correspondents
Index
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