TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peterson,Russell Leslie
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Strange bedfellows: how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke 
AV  - PN1992.8.C66 P48 2008eb
U1  - 791.45/6170973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Television comedies
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Television talk shows
KW  - Television broadcasting of news
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index; Losing our religion -- "Showmen is devoid of politics": the roots of pseudo-satire and the rise of the comedy-industrial complex -- Film at 11:00, jokes at 11:30: topical comedy and the news -- The personal and the political -- Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain -- Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith -- For whom the bell dings -- Laughing all the way to the White House -- Irony is dead... long live satire?; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets?
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ER  -