Ever since The Daily Show reached its current levels of viewership and planted its flag as a pop culture force and, strange as it may seem, an arbiter of American political culture, there's been a silly, semi-annual debate about the precise Meaning of All This. It goes like this: "Since many twentysomethings watch The Daily Show, and many name it or other comedy shows as a primary news source, are we doomed as a nation?"
The stock answer from the...
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