MSNBC: Fake journalism, real consequences (Daily Show)

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Consider the case of Susan Buzzi, a former arts administrator in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Broward County Art Guild fired her after she appeared in a field report by Ed Helms, who made the trip down from New York to lampoon an exhibit Buzzi put together on politically controversial art.

Subverting the message
That means “Daily Show” correspondents are more likely these days to have to subvert someone’s message than maybe they did a few years ago, when nobody saw it coming and reports could be delivered deadpan.


Great article
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9880162/

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1. i thought this was going to be about the ny times and the iraq war...

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2. Fake journalism, real consequences

I thought it was going to be about the mainstream press.

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3. Man, too bad about Rick James!

He looks like a Cool Dude, does he not?

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6. ...

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4. I always ask: 'Why do people talk to the Daily Show 'correspondents'?'

"Don't they know that they are going to be made fun of, at the least?"

I'm constantly surprised that people let themselves be 'interviewed' by Samantha or Ed. Although he didn't get what he wanted out of it, at least Tomko went in with eyes open and did a good job -- I remember seeing his 'interview.'

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5. some interviewees can stand up better than others

the tomko interview was mostly funny because of samantha bee's prodding and prancing while tomko was the the mature, deadpan one.

it's the one's where the interviewee is the source of humor that ya gotta wonder. of course, the whole reason those wind up on the daily show is precisely because these people don't realize just how nutso they appear.