In Darwin and on Q and A , the ABC TV panel show, actor Anthony LaPaglia , who played the part of reporter Roger East in the film Balibo , said that during the George W. Bush presidency the only news programme worth watching was the Daily Show with Jon Stewart .
The Daily Show specialises in what it terms “fake news”, spoof, satire , video clips , slick dialogue, slapstick to reveal the truth as distinct from the inexorable spin, celebrity mush and infotainment that has enfeebled America. In particular, the Daily Show takes the mickey out of right wing media ranters , enjoys ribbing Fox News , one outrageous quip by Stewart being that a comment by a Fox presenter seemed to indicate the channel was turning liberal. In the current disturbing and vicious political debate in the US , one of the worst things sanctimonious right wingers can do to demonise a person is to describe him or her as a liberal.Readers of little Darwin will undertand that apart from serious commentary and pungent pars, we also use so-called " fake news" to reveal the truth.
