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TV news, in particular, he says, “doesn’t have an interest in rocking the status quo because it’s entrenched with the status quo. We think all of these [networks] are really, really bad at what they do. My opinion is they suck at their jobs.
It’s Funny How Funny Just the Facts Can Be (washingtonpost.com) I’m surprised Daily Show’s researcher didn’t acknowledge the passive subtext underlying “23rd paragraph” nuggets on the part of the poor journalists who have to cover politics. That’s always been my favorite part of assigned coverage; it’s pretty reliable for a sarcastic fix to bring your outrage back under control.
