Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke /

Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / / Russell L. Peterson.

A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets?

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Strange bedfellows [electronic resource] : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / Russell L. Peterson.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
vii, 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.
Losing our religion -- "Showmen is devoid of politics": the roots of pseudo-satire and the rise of the comedy-industrial complex -- Film at 11:00, jokes at 11:30: topical comedy and the news -- The personal and the political -- Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain -- Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith -- For whom the bell dings -- Laughing all the way to the White House -- Irony is dead... long live satire?
A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets?
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Television comedies United States History and criticism.
Television talk shows United States.
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