Jon Stewart responds that while he doesn't see himself as a journalist, his show aims to comment on current events through humor and satire similarly to an editorial cartoon. Stewart views The Daily Show as a "digestive process" that breaks down the day's news and politics to point out absurdities. Young people may see The Daily Show as providing better information than morning news shows because Stewart targets his jokes at the ridiculous aspects of government and world events rather than having a serious cause. His purpose is to write jokes that expose political and world absurdities through techniques like sarcasm, irony, understatement, and hyperbole.
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E4 mod 2 lesson 3 completion questions
1. 1. When Bill Moyers comments that Jon Stewart has “said many times, [I] don’t want to be a
journalist,” what is Stewart’s response?
2. What does it mean to “function as a sort of editorial cartoon”? What does Stewart mean when
he says that “we [the show] are a digestive process”?
3. Why might “the young people who work for [Moyers] think they get better journalism from
[Stewart] than from Sunday morning talk shows”?
4. Stewart comments that he does not see himself and his show as “warriors in their cause,” but
instead that they want to write jokes about the absurdity that we see in government and around
the world.” What then are Jon Stewart’s targets?
5. What is Stewart’s purpose for writing the jokes on Daily Show?
6. Stewart uses a variety of the techniques we were introduced to in lesson 1. As you view the
clips and commentary from Stewart’s jokes about Bush and Alberto Gonzales, pay attention to
the techniques that he uses. Do you see sarcasm? Irony? Understatement? Hyperbole?
![1. When Bill Moyers comments that Jon Stewart has “said many times, [I] don’t want to be a
journalist,” what is Stewart’s response?
2. What does it mean to “function as a sort of editorial cartoon”? What does Stewart mean when
he says that “we [the show] are a digestive process”?
3. Why might “the young people who work for [Moyers] think they get better journalism from
[Stewart] than from Sunday morning talk shows”?
4. Stewart comments that he does not see himself and his show as “warriors in their cause,” but
instead that they want to write jokes about the absurdity that we see in government and around
the world.” What then are Jon Stewart’s targets?
5. What is Stewart’s purpose for writing the jokes on Daily Show?
6. Stewart uses a variety of the techniques we were introduced to in lesson 1. As you view the
clips and commentary from Stewart’s jokes about Bush and Alberto Gonzales, pay attention to
the techniques that he uses. Do you see sarcasm? Irony? Understatement? Hyperbole?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/e4mod2lesson3completionquestions-170627223447/85/e4-mod-2-lesson-3-completion-questions-1-320.jpg)
