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

This book brought up some wonderful points that I will utilize in how I choose to debate with others. It also gave me a greater appreciation for the Daily Show and Colbert Report than I had before this. I will admit my opinion of both those shows is very high. Overall I enjoyed this book but some of......more

This is a perfect book for hardcore fans of The Daily Show who have spent way too much time thinking very seriously about it, because, clearly, so have the authors. The book is even divided into sections that correspond with those of the show (headlines, interview, moment of zen, etc), though the es......more

Like many collections of essays, this book was pretty hit or miss. A few of the essays came off as incredibly shallow discussion and argument, ultimately reading more as either a fan drooling over the show, or a hater talking about how terrible the show is. It's also the nature of this sort of book......more

There have only been a few concrete studies done on the effect of the Daily Show on people; they've been cited again and again in these articles, which, overall, all repeat each other. And the authors are coming across as totally kiss-ass. (I love Jon, too, but SEVERAL OF THE ESSAYS compared him to......more

So The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is philosophy? Ehm... OK. I guess since most of the arguments in this book is what *I* would call Common Sense or even Obvious, I guess I'm a philosofer. I can't say I really learned anything new, but I got to relive some nice Daily Show (and Colbert Report) moment......more