Fake News, Real Standards Bruce A. William and Michael X. Delli Carpini informative essay, “The Daily Show and the Colbert Report in a Changing Information Environment: Should ‘Fake News’ be Held to Real Standards” displays the importance of two satiric news shows, The Daily show and The Colbert Report, and how they influence the quality journalism as well as the audiences they are broadcasted to. While some are opposed to these “fake” news shows, both William and Carpini both support the presentation of news in a more satiric way as it has a critical role in the new information environment. News used to be viewed once a day as either a nightly broadcast or through the morning paper, but recently the accessibility of news for the public
