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>coincidentally. A big piece about him in todays Observer (what the guardian calls itself on a sunday)
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/14/television.television

I love this paragraph:

'The Daily Show is probably more reliable for news than anything on TV except PBS [Public Broadcasting Service],' said McKernan, 36, who teaches astronomy at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. 'It stands apart from everything else because it unspins the news. It frankly points out how ridiculous the 24-hour news networks are - mostly gassing away by unqualified 'experts' filling the hours.'

That's one of my biggest beefs with the media today. I'm amazed at how a network will use their own correspondents and commentators as 'experts.'

However, he is not accurate in his portrayal of The Daily Show as more reliable for news than anything on TV because Jon Stewart also focuses only on those political issues that he can bring satire to. Also, PBS is hardly a more reliable news source. It is better than most in its documentaries, but for news, well, it leans a certain way as well...