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Daily Show Satire
1. Stewart responded by saying he was not a Journalist.

2. To "function as sort of editorial cartoon" means he draws editorial cartoons that contain some sort of political or social commentary. When he says that "we [the show] are a digestive process" he means they break down any complicated political or social issue going on in the world and they present in a humorous or satire way.

3. Young people might think they get better journalism from Stewart because of the way he presents the news. Young people like to look at funny memes or editorial cartoons and share it with their friends. They don't have to sit for twenty minutes and try to figure out what it means or what's going on because the information is easy to understand.

4. Jon Stewart's targets would be the people in government or just like he said "we're a group of people that really feel that they want to write jokes about the absurdity that we see in government and the world."
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Stewart's purpose for writing jokes on The Daily Show is to emphasize the absurdities of ideologies and of big political and world figures. He also criticizes these ideologies and writes jokes in a way that informs and educates the public while adding in a bit of humor here and

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