Jon Stewart’s the Daily show is proposed to by a hybrid of news, comedy and political discussion.News is presumed to be lowering its standardises the good principles of journalism – independence, inquiry and verification- are often sacrificed to meet the demand for eye catching content. With this ‘new’ concept of news (comedy news), statistics show that 21% of audiences ages 18-29 proclaim they regularly get their news from comedy shows and 13% learn from late night talk shows. The Daily Show has 1.2 million people running in live and 800,000 watching repeats. The audience makes up of 41% aged 18-29 and 27% are aged 44 plus. However although many proclaim that Jon Stewart’s The Daly show is the ‘new’ news however he insists it’s ‘fake news’ and there to ‘make people laugh’. It can be better unstop as an alternative journalism through use of satire, parody and dialogue. It resembles much of mainstream news through following conventions such as 8 minute segments on one new, important issue, quick stories back to back with graphics and interviews with important news worthy guests. It’s a form of political communication, through using humour as a license to confront politics and demand a measure of accountability, yet also advocates Democracy.

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