The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy

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Savor moments of Zen like never before, with our Senior Philosophical Correspondents

The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy is revised, expanded, and updated to probe deeper than ever before the philosophical significance of the quintessential “fake” news show of the 21st century.

Features significant revisions and updates from the first 2007 edition
Includes discussion of both The Daily Show and its spin-off, The Colbert Report
Reveals why and how The Daily Show is philosophically engaging and significant
Showcases philosophers at their best, discussing truth, knowledge, reality, and the American Way
Faces head on tough and surprisingly funny questions about politics, religion, and power

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The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More Moments : of Zen, More : Indecision Theory 6
- Copyright 7
- Contents 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell’s World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden 16
- Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News 20
  - 1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias 22
    - Amusing Ourselves to Death 23
    - The Huxleyan Warning 24
    - Postman and Television News 25
    - The Daily Show and Television News 26
    - Conversation and Crossfire 27
    - Business News, CNBC, and Jim Cramer 29
    - Fox News Sunday and TV’s Entertainment Bias 31
    - The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear 32

The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More Moments : of Zen, More : Indecision Theory 6
- Copyright 7
- Contents 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell’s World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden 16
- Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News 20
  - 1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias 22
    - Amusing Ourselves to Death 23
    - The Huxleyan Warning 24
    - Postman and Television News 25
    - The Daily Show and Television News 26
    - Conversation and Crossfire 27
    - Business News, CNBC, and Jim Cramer 29
    - Fox News Sunday and TV’s Entertainment Bias 31
    - The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear 32
    - A Huxleyan Moment of Zen? 33
    - Notes 34
  - 2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source 38
    - Is The Daily Show Fiction? 39
    - Hilarious Make-’Em-Ups 40
    - Sheer Outrageousness and Surprising Truth 41
    - The Role of “Senior” Correspondents 43
    - Playing Dumb 44
    - The Daily Show, Our Government, and Other News Outlets 46
    - The Daily Show v. The Onion 49
    - Notes 51
    - Fake News, Real Messages 51
  - 3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate 53
    - All the Fake News Fit to Print 56
    - The Voice of the People 60
    - The Fifth Estate as a State of Mind 65
    - Notes 67
  - 4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon 71
    - The Politics of Laughter 73
    - The Dark Side of Mockery 76
    - Mockery, Censorship, and the Free Spread of Ideas 78
    - The Place of Mockery in Politics 80
    - Notes 83
  - 5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News 84
    - Baudrillard’s World 85
    - The Walking Talking Hyperreal 88
    - Organize a Fake News Broadcast 91
    - The “Best F#@king News Team Ever” 92
    - The Larger Argument 94
    - Notes 96
  - Segment 2 L ive Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort of 98
    - 6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual 100
      - Why Americans Hate Intellectuals 102
      - You Know It’s Hard out Here for a Public Intellectual 103
      - Stewart’s Ironic Blah, Blah, Blah 106
      - “Help Us Hebrew One! You’re Our Only Hope!” 111
      - Notes 114
    - 7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power 117
      - Here Come the Sophists! 118
      - To Scoff at the Sophist in Office 118
      - Men with a Mission 120
      - A Method to Their Madness 121
      - The Audience: Questioning Youths or Stoned Slackers? 123
      - The Irony of It All 125
      - “Monkey” Idol or Thoughtful Partisan Satirist? 126
      - Notes 128
    - 8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101 129
      - Rebel with a Cause 131
      - Humor Leads to Truth 134
      - A Healthy Dose of Cynicism 136
      - Notes 139
    - 9 “Jews! Camera 3”: How Jon Stewart Echoes Martin Buber 140
      - Really? You’re Jewish? 141
      - Team Buber 142
      - Passover v. Easter 145
      - Earth (The Book)—Mocking the Sacred 148
      - The New Jersey Connection 149
      - Notes 150
    - Segment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking 152
      - 10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-Ization of Media 154
        
        The Essence of Bullshit and the Truth about Lies 155
        
        Liars, Liars, Pants on Fire 157
        
        More Bullshit, Piled Higher and Deeper 159
        
        A New Spin on an Old Art 160
        
        Was Frankfurt BS-ing about Spin? 162
        
        PR-ization of the Media 163
        
        Spin Alley 165
        
        Truth Matters 167
        
        Notes 169
      - 11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said 170
        
        Satire: A Tradition of Cultural Criticism 171
        
        Operating at the Border 172
        
        Heading West 176
        
        Larry Wilmore’s Jazz Hands 178
        
        Notes 180
      - 12 The Daily Show’s Exposé of Political Rhetoric 182
        
        A Cavalcade of Fallacies 183
        
        Tugging at the Heartstrings 187
        
        Spin: The Systematic Use of Persuasive Language 189
        
        Satirized for Your Protection 193
        
        Notes 194
      - 13 The Daily Show Way: Critical Thinking, Civic Discourse, and Postmodern Consciousness 196
        
        Civil Disservice 196
        
        The Red (Herring) Menace 198
        
        “Diss” Ingenuous Bullshitting: Scapegoating and Leaping to Judgment (Day) 200
        
        In the Line of Ire: Reframing the Debate 202
        
        Look Who’s Not Talking Now: Going Beyond Experience 204
        
        Show Me the Meta 205
        
        Self-Effacement and Good Faith 207
        
        Notes 210
      - Segment 4 Interview: Religion and Culture 212
        
        14 GOP Almighty: When God Tells Me (and My Opponents) to Run for President 214
        
        Newt Gingrich on a Potato 215
        
        Pious Politickin’ 217
        
        Thus Saith Pat 218
        
        No Really, It’s in the Bible 220
        
        Pat “Gay People Cause Hurricanes” Robertson 222
        
        Remember, You’re Only Human 223
        
        Notes 225
        
        15 Profaning the Sacred: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in “This Week in God” 226
        
        Exclusivism! −There Can Be Only One 227
        
        Inclusivism!−One of Us 229
        
        Pluralism!−Inter-Religious Harmony (Against Gays) in Jerusalem 232
        
        A Plurality of Pluralisms 235
        
        “The God Exchange” Is Now Closed 236
        
        Eulogy: The Safe Turn to Politics 238
        
        Notes 242
        
        16 Jon Stewart and the Fictional War on Christmas 246
        
        There Is No War on Christmas 247
        
        The First War for Christmas 249
        
        The Modern War for Christmas 252
        
        A Wall of Separation between Christians and Christmas 254
        
        The Original Meaning of Christmas 257
        
        Notes 258
        
        17 Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars 262
        
        Evolution: The Fundamentals 264
        
        Why, Then, Is There a Problem? 265
        
        What Is Intelligent Design, Anyway? 268
        
        So, Evolution or Schmevolution? 270
        
        Postscript: After (and Before) Dover 272
        
        Notes 277
        
        Segment 5 Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show 280
        
        18 America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory 282
        
        Humor with a Point 283
        
        Reversing Democracy Inaction 285
        
        Government of, by, or for the People? 289
        
        Mediating the Media 290
        
        Putting Knowledge to Work 291
        
        Postscript: Earth (The Book) 292
        
        Notes 294
        
        19 A Tea Party for Me the People: The Living Revolution Meets the Originalists 296
        
        We the People 299
        
        Anti -History 305
        
        Notes 310
        
        20 Neologization à la Stewart and Colbert 313
        
        Humpty Dumpty and the French Academy 314
        
        Wordplaying by the Rules 317
        
        Your Moment of Zen 321
        
        Notes 322
        
        21 Irrationality and “Gut” Reasoning: Two Kinds of Truthiness 324
        
        A Little Background 324
        
        Wishful Thinking and Self-Deception: What Are They? 327
        
        Truthiness and Problems of Irrationality 327
        
        The Paradoxes of Irrationality 328
        
        One Solution: Divide the Mind 330
        
        An Alternative Account 332
        
        Truthiness and Self-Deception 334
        
        Feeling the Truth: Can Our Guts Get Us Justified Belief? 336
        
        A Tip of the Hat 337
        
        Notes 338
        
        22 Thank God It’s Stephen Colbert!: The Rally to Restore Irony on The Colbert Report 341
        
        Ironists: People Destroying America 342
        
        Colbert Nation-Building 345
        
        Proust-Spouting, Atheist Gay Truck Mechanics 347
        
        Speaking Truthiness to Power 349
        
        Better Know an Ironist 351
        
        Notes 353
        
        Senior Philosophical Correspondents 356
        
        Index 363

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