> > Jon Stewart refers to "The Daily Show" as "faux news" too, though he has some of the best reporting around most of the time. >
Well, all news to a certain point is faux (French for false), but John Stewart is first and foremost a comedian (this is explained on that fateful episode of CNN's Crossfire). I remember learning this lesson a long time ago in elementary school when I was told that most news stories are cut up and pasted together to portray a certain narrative... heck, a similar but more gruesome idea is even addressed in George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty-Four. This is why liberal and conservative media differ so greatly. That said, however, I don't see how the validity of Rocketboom differs from mainstream news. Perhaps it's because RB allows for speculative news (or buzz), while mainstream news anchors are too scared of destroying their reputations (remember the Dan Rather debacle?). If anything, I would say that SNL's Weekend Update is fake/faux news. The formula of their news stories start by telling the true news and then leading into a fake story by saying stuff like "and in other news...". I've done this once on my own show, but that's the only time I believe I've said something fake. I may be wrong, but I don't remember one occassion where RB blatently gave us false information for comedic purposes. Kitka http://www.kitkast.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
