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The Jesting Accountant
- 1. The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some The Jesting Accountant Philosophy Porter: How John Stewart’s use of satire “accounts” for Accounting Daston: Impersonality contradictions in network news media Appendix Works Cited Faris Chebib Works Cited Simon Fraser University February 7, 2011
- 2. Some Concepts TheJesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some 1 Godwin’s Law: “As an online discussion grows longer, Philosophy Porter: the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler Accounting Daston: approaches 1.” Impersonality Appendix Works Cited Works Cited
- 3. Some Concepts TheJesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some 1 Godwin’s Law: “As an online discussion grows longer, Philosophy Porter: the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler Accounting Daston: approaches 1.” Impersonality Appendix 2 Satire: A genre in which short-comings and abuses are Works Cited held up to ridicule with the intent of shaming individuals. Works Cited
- 4. Some Concepts TheJesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some 1 Godwin’s Law: “As an online discussion grows longer, Philosophy Porter: the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler Accounting Daston: approaches 1.” Impersonality Appendix 2 Satire: A genre in which short-comings and abuses are Works Cited held up to ridicule with the intent of shaming individuals. Works Cited 3 Ad hominem:“an attempt to link the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise”
- 5. The US MediaLandscape The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Fox News: Constantly use false terms of objectivity. Introduction Claim to be unbiased. Fox News also holds triple the Some Philosophy market share of other network news organizations in the Porter: Accounting US. Daston: Impersonality Appendix Works Cited Works Cited
- 6. The US MediaLandscape The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Fox News: Constantly use false terms of objectivity. Introduction Claim to be unbiased. Fox News also holds triple the Some Philosophy market share of other network news organizations in the Porter: Accounting US. Daston: Impersonality The Daily Show: Never intended to be a serious news Appendix show, but after 11 years is one of the most important Works Cited voices in US politics. Works Cited In 2004, “21% of 18–34-year-olds regularly learned about the 2004 presidential campaign from comedy programs.” In the same poll, a nearly equal percent of respondents reported getting their campaign information from other network news sources (Feldman, 2007, p. 276).
- 7. Clip: Fox, JohnStewart, and Nazis The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some Philosophy Porter: Accounting Daston: Impersonality Why is Stewart such a popular news source? Appendix Let’s examine an incident from 3 weeks ago. . . Works Cited Works Cited
- 8. Clip Review TheJesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some Philosophy Porter: Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) compared Republican Accounting Daston: Impersonality rhetoric to Joesph Goebbels’s Nazi propaganda techniques. Appendix John Stewart rebuked the congressman for the comparison on Works Cited the previous night’s show. He examines the hypocrisy of Fox Works Cited News’ response – particular the response of Megyn Kelly.
- 9. The Jester TheJesting Accountant Faris Chebib A quote from “Fools are Everywhere”: Introduction “The jester everywhere employed the same techniques Some Philosophy to carry out this delicate role, and it would take an Porter: Accounting obtuse king or emperor not to realize what he was Daston: Impersonality driving at, since ‘other court functionaries cooked Appendix up the king’s facts for him before delivery; the Works Cited jester delivered them raw.’ An informal survey of Works Cited the man in the street has shown that most people will pinpoint the jester’s right to speak his mind as one of his salient characteristics” (Otto, 2001). Note that the jester takes on a role of historical reflection.
- 10. Tying Together Philosophy:Porter The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction A key observation: John Stewart does not directly attack Some those he satirizes. Instead, he relies on his news staff to Philosophy Porter: vigilantly watch and assemble documentation about the Accounting Daston: individual being ridiculed. Impersonality Appendix Works Cited Works Cited
- 11. Tying Together Philosophy:Porter The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction A key observation: John Stewart does not directly attack Some those he satirizes. Instead, he relies on his news staff to Philosophy Porter: vigilantly watch and assemble documentation about the Accounting Daston: individual being ridiculed. Impersonality Appendix By keeping a constant watch on public individuals, Works Cited Stewart is in a way practising a form of accounting – video Works Cited documentation (in the name of satire) as opposed to double-entry bookkeeping.
- 12. Tying Together Philosophy:Porter The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction A key observation: John Stewart does not directly attack Some those he satirizes. Instead, he relies on his news staff to Philosophy Porter: vigilantly watch and assemble documentation about the Accounting Daston: individual being ridiculed. Impersonality Appendix By keeping a constant watch on public individuals, Works Cited Stewart is in a way practising a form of accounting – video Works Cited documentation (in the name of satire) as opposed to double-entry bookkeeping. This form of accounting is a key part of Porter’s conception of methods of objectivity (Porter, 1992).
- 13. Tying Together Philosophy:Daston The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib “The values of aperspectival objectivity are undeniably curious ones, and may well be of dubious Introduction merit. But moral values they undeniably Some Philosophy are. . . ” (Daston, 1992, p. 121). Porter: Accounting Daston: Impersonality Appendix Works Cited Works Cited
- 14. Tying Together Philosophy:Daston The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib “The values of aperspectival objectivity are undeniably curious ones, and may well be of dubious Introduction merit. But moral values they undeniably Some Philosophy are. . . ” (Daston, 1992, p. 121). Porter: Accounting Daston: Impersonality Stewart’s self-belittlement allows him to play the part of Appendix an observer. This builds trust with his audience. Works Cited Works Cited
- 15. Tying Together Philosophy:Daston The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib “The values of aperspectival objectivity are undeniably curious ones, and may well be of dubious Introduction merit. But moral values they undeniably Some Philosophy are. . . ” (Daston, 1992, p. 121). Porter: Accounting Daston: Impersonality Stewart’s self-belittlement allows him to play the part of Appendix an observer. This builds trust with his audience. Works Cited Works Cited By acting as a broadcast journalist, Stewart is able to parody network news reporters. (The character of Stephen Colbert takes this method to its logical extreme).
- 16. Tying Together Philosophy:Daston The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib “The values of aperspectival objectivity are undeniably curious ones, and may well be of dubious Introduction merit. But moral values they undeniably Some Philosophy are. . . ” (Daston, 1992, p. 121). Porter: Accounting Daston: Impersonality Stewart’s self-belittlement allows him to play the part of Appendix an observer. This builds trust with his audience. Works Cited Works Cited By acting as a broadcast journalist, Stewart is able to parody network news reporters. (The character of Stephen Colbert takes this method to its logical extreme). By using the video medium, Stewart is able to effectively allow his targets of satire to ridicule themselves
- 17. A final wordon impersonality The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction Some Philosophy Porter: Even with all the news to be garnered, The Daily Show is Accounting Daston: Impersonality still a form of comedy: it doesn’t have to be “right”. Appendix A majority of Stewart’s targets are that of the media, not Works Cited politicians(Feldman, 2007). What does this say about his Works Cited role in the methodology of journalistic objectification?
- 18. Appendix: Stewart’s “Proof” The Jesting Accountant Proof. Faris Chebib Introduction P1 Kelly is a hypocrite iff she states that she is against an Some action which she has done before. Philosophy Porter: P2 Kelly claims that she is against equating politicians to the Accounting Daston: Impersonality Nazis. Appendix P3 Kelly claims that no such rhetoric has occurred on her Works Cited programme. Works Cited P4 Kelly has hosted a guest who made equivalence relations to the Nazi party (as evidenced in the clip. This is arguable, as the guest spoke of “Brown-shirted brutes”; Stewart points out that this is not a complete comparison) C1 Kelly is a hypocrite (P1, P2, P3, P4).
- 19. The Jesting Accountant Faris Chebib Introduction 1 Introduction Some Philosophy Porter: Accounting 2 Some Philosophy Daston: Impersonality Porter: Accounting Appendix Daston: Impersonality Works Cited Works Cited 3 Appendix 4 Works Cited
- 20. The Jesting Daston, Lorraine (1992). “Objectivity and the Escape from Accountant Perspective”. In: Social studies of science 22.4, p. 597. issn: Faris Chebib 0306-3127. Introduction Feldman, L. (Aug. 2007). “The news about comedy: Young Some Philosophy audiences, The Daily Show, and evolving notions of Porter: Accounting journalism”. In: Journalism 8.4, pp. 406–427. issn: 1464-8849. Daston: Impersonality doi: 10.1177/1464884907078655. Appendix Otto, B.K. (2001). Fools are everywhere: the court jester Works Cited around the world. University of Chicago Press. isbn: Works Cited 0226640914. Porter, T.M. (1992). “Quantification and the accounting ideal in science”. In: Social studies of science 22.4, p. 633. issn: 0306-3127.