The Daily Show

I, like many other people around my age, first started paying attention to the news through the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central and it's seamless blend of comedy and current events is what cemented in me an interest in what's going on in the world of politics. I'm well aware that many people scoff at the daily show for being a comedy program, but I think that those same people seriously underestimate it or just flat out fail to understand how significant it is in bringing young adults to the national stage of politics and current events. Jon Stewart truly is a one of a kind individual and I doubt there will ever be anyone quite like him. I haven't watched the Daily show as much lately, and there are a couple reasons for that. First of all, I just don't think Trevor Noah is as funny. I find his impressions to be repetitive or simply bad, and I think that, while yes Jon Stewart had a liberal bias, Trevor doesn't even try to be objective. That's not to say he doesn't have his moments, there are instances where I find him amusing, but to me he just doesn't quite measure up to the tour de force that Stewart was when he was hosting. I should say that one thing I like about Trevor that Jon was somewhat lacking in, is his worldliness. Noah seems to be much more knowledgeable about different cultures and that's a very refreshing trait in a show host. While I don't watch it as much as I used to, I still appreciate the daily show, it's host, and all of the correspondents for all of the work they put in to making an entertaining and informative program that younger people can be drawn in to. I feel like the Daily Show is somewhat of a starting ground for many of the correspondents from where they can launch their own solo careers. Just look at all of the people that had their start on the Daily Show as correspondents; John Oliver, Jordan Klepper, Sam Bee, Trevor Noah and of course the hilarious Stephen Colbert. All of them started out as little known associates of the show and used it as a foundation upon which they launched their own solo careers. Sadly, I think the Daily Show has lost a lot of what made it so entertaining and has turned into more of an obviously biased platform that's become increasingly predictable and repetitive. Of course that's just my opinion. I'm sure that there are countless younger people that tune into the program almost religiously like I did when Stewart was in charge and see it as the bridge from comedy to the serious world of modern geopolitics that helped them to start their adult lives as informed and aware individuals. While I don't watch like I used to, I still do get a good laugh every now and then from Trevor Noah and I'll admit that he's done alright so far. The news world is bursting at the seams with doom and gloom, and the Daily Show provides us all with a well needed break from all that. News can be funny, entertaining, and light hearted, and that's what the Daily Show highlights. It's because of that that it's so important in my eyes.