Letters to the Editor
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Stewart's pretty biased himself
I haven't heard him make fun of McCain, yet, and Obama seems pretty safe as well. Essentially, other than his love for McCain, he follows the standard Democrat talking points. Fine if you like him for taking on Bush and the Republican Party, but no sense pretending he doesn't have as much of an agenda as Rush Limbaugh. I also find his "regular guy" persona a bit of a crock, considering he went to Yale. I do agree his refusal to play ball on Crossfire was steller. I only got to see clips, but I was so glad he took a stand.
Colbert is better, his Washington Press Corps speech superb. I think his show would be funnier if there were no audience, just his straight-faced portrayal of a loud, pompous conservative talking head. Although that would run the risk of people taking him seriously. Without a braying audience, people would probably think he meant it. But even he's only good in short bits. The one-note element of the premise wears thin quickly (and it doesn't help that for anyone with a brain, Bill O'Reilly is already a self-parody).
Yes, sadly, young people do tune into these shows for their news updates. That's not a good thing. And not because they should be getting their news from CBS, but because they should be reading newspapers and political journals. Unbiased, or to the left or to the right, I don't care, but from some place where the issues can be looked at with substance. That isn't happening on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, anymore than it is on any network newscast.