Re: [Phys-l] science on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

[Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>]

On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:16 PM, David Marx wrote:

> John and all,
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> I'm afraid that using The Daily Show to promote science is not my cup of tea.  It's unfortunate that 
> anyone would let anything this guy says sway their opinion.  He is an entertainer, not a journalist and 
> not a serious political pundit.  I do have a colleague that has used segments from the show in his 
> introductory physics courses, but in talking with students in one of the classes about the clips, they 
> didn't find them to be all that funny nor educaitonal.

Jon Stewart actually READS every book by every author he interviews on the show.  He is a very intelligent guy, beside being a comedian and sarcastic wit.  The show has more accurate information in that half hour than all of a certain network does in a week.   Then if you hold on for Colbert, there is another very intelligent view of the national and international scene presented in a different method of humor and wit.  Both shows are probably the best satire and commentary on tv today.  
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