Regular news has been around for so long, that I assume viewers don't usually tune into. Viewers are able to get their "real news" in different methods such as internet and newspaper. We tend to view news in those forms because we are able to control the amount of information we "want to know." When it comes to television in general, viewers watch tv in order to find entertainment. Usually, "the real news" would probably not be on the list of entertainment. But drama, suspense and comedy would be entertaining to watch. Such as the comedy show, "the daily show with Jon Stewart," which is confirmed a "comedy show." the shows' audience look forward to collecting information from watching it. Naturally media itself gives us information to learn from. It may or may not be information in which we can use. But as viewers we still choose to watch it because it entertains us. the daily show provides news especially references to politicians, since "most people have very little direct contact with politicians and get most of their political information from the media,"(176). But hoping that viewers understand that "the daily show" is a comedy show, the jokes that are mentioned are easy to understand that it is not "real news." Since being a audience and feeling attached to what we are watching every information will be consumed in results that fake news can mislead the public. Having to depend on a comedy show for information because it's one of the many ways to why we like watching our news, can sometimes give us a misconception of what the real news is all about.
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