Real News vs. Fake News: Learning About Stuff on Late-Night TV and the Internet

Wikipedia says that “organizations such as the Pew Research Center [claim The Daily Show] has become a primary source of news for many young people,” which has raised a lot of interesting debate about the responsibility of those programs to provide accurate and unbiased opinion. Which is kind of hilarious, if you think about it.

Shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are successful at conveying the “news” because they allow the content to become accessible via humor and satire, instead of dryly presenting facts in an unrelatable way, as many real news programs do. Satirical Twitter users like BPGlobalPR assert that humor is the only way for many people to be able to deal with massive tragedies like the Gulf oil spill; to not block out the news simply because it is overwhelming, as many people are prone to do.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite Real-Life News And Science Things I’ve Learned From Professional Comedians. Enjoy!

Hubble vs. the new James Webb space telescope on Jimmy Fallon:

Which dinosaur was the best (hint: not T-Rex):

Auto-Tune The News #2

Assorted current events (and zaniness) from the now-defunct The Show with Ze Frank:

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