The Daily Show

The Daily Show with John Stewart is a news program on Comedy Central. They deliver the news in a non-conventional way, using satire and irony to make their point. In particular, their coverage of wars, such as the Iraq War, show how they use dark humor and satire to convey their true meaning.

On the show's website, they state "it's even better than being informed". This is just one example of countless statements the show and John Stewart make that are ironic or satirical. By conveying the news in this way, the show is exemplifying postmodern ideas. In their coverage of the Iraq war, the show poked fun at the intentions behind the war and the president in order to reveal the absurdity behind it as well as the bias and corruption within the government. Instead of being patriotic and supporting the war, the show breaks down the heroic war facade to reveal the truth. 
 

Like Catch 22, the Daily Show utilizes humor and satire, as well as irony, to enhance its postmodern point of view. By poking fun of war in way, the two bring war off its high shelf and examine it close-up to reveal laughable flaws in the system. These same flaws are seen in Dix's work Wounded Soldier, though that piece takes the opposite approach as Heller and Stewart and shows the truth of war for what it is, without any editing.

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