For next Monday, Dunaway, ch. 10.
Why does late-night comedy matter?
- How many see it as a source of news?
- Which party relies more on it?
- Which age group relies most on it?
- How does it work?
- Myth-making: "I can see Russia from my house."
Five linkages between news and entertainment:
One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles. The top management of the networks with a few notable exceptions, has been trained in advertising, research, sales or show business. But by the nature of the corporate structure, they also make the final and crucial decisions having to do with news and public affairs. Frequently they have neither the time nor the competence to do this.
News anchors and broadcast actors even belong to the same union -- which in turn supports policy initiatives to aid broadcast journalists.
Second, entertainment figures enter news and politics: Reagan and Schwarzenegger were hardly the first. In 1934, novelist Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California.
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Sometimes the old work of entertainers it ... awkward to see years later. Al Franken in 1991 played Senator Paul Simon asking Clarence Thomas about ... sexual harassment!! (about 5 minutes into the video).
Also see:
Newspeople sometimes involve themselves in the entertainment media. One major example is the movie Dave (1993):
Wolf Blitzer in Skyfall
Second, entertainment figures enter news and politics: Reagan and Schwarzenegger were hardly the first. In 1934, novelist Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California.
.
Sometimes the old work of entertainers it ... awkward to see years later. Al Franken in 1991 played Senator Paul Simon asking Clarence Thomas about ... sexual harassment!! (about 5 minutes into the video).
Also see:
Newspeople sometimes involve themselves in the entertainment media. One major example is the movie Dave (1993):
Wolf Blitzer in Skyfall
Third, the entertainment media are subject to certain kinds of government regulation.
Fourth, entertainment media are often vehicles for political and social commentary.
Fifth, certain kinds of works are hybrids of the two: talk radio, TV interview shows, "fake news,"
Will Rogers pioneered 20th century comedy. He also had a bromance with Mussolini
A certain California governor in an early comedy sketch!
A guest that you would not have expected on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Fourth, entertainment media are often vehicles for political and social commentary.
- Again Tom Lehrer (1965) on Werner Von Braun
- Jon Stewart and Tucker Carlson
- John Oliver on civil asset forfeiture
Fifth, certain kinds of works are hybrids of the two: talk radio, TV interview shows, "fake news,"
Will Rogers pioneered 20th century comedy. He also had a bromance with Mussolini
A certain California governor in an early comedy sketch!
A guest that you would not have expected on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
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