4.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Daily Show (1996)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.9
Overview
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Islam: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Overview
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The Daily Show is rated as clearly left due to its consistent and explicit promotion of progressive ideology through satirical critiques of conservative politics, systemic issues, and social injustices, aligning its discourse with prominent left-leaning media.
The Daily Show consistently features a diverse cast of hosts and correspondents, reflecting an intentional approach to on-screen representation. Its narrative frequently engages in explicit critique of traditional power structures and societal norms, often highlighting and satirizing issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Secondary
The Daily Show consistently offers a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes. Through satirical commentary and news segments, it critiques prejudice and discrimination, advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, and presents queer individuals with dignity and respect, affirming the worth of LGBTQ+ lives.
The Daily Show, over its extensive run, has largely presented a positive net impact regarding transsexual characters and themes. While early satirical content might have varied, the show has increasingly used its platform to critique anti-trans prejudice, advocate for trans rights, and feature trans voices with dignity, affirming the worth of trans lives.
The show frequently satirizes Christian fundamentalism, political figures misusing faith, and institutional hypocrisy, highlighting problematic aspects and their societal impact.
The show consistently critiques Islamophobia and bigotry against Muslims, often distinguishing between extremist groups and the broader faith, positioning the audience to sympathize with victimized adherents.
The show generally treats Judaism with respect, often defending Jewish people from antisemitism and focusing critiques on political actions rather than the faith itself.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Daily Show is a satirical news program featuring original hosts and correspondents. It does not adapt pre-existing characters from source material or historical figures in a way that would constitute a canonical gender swap.
The Daily Show is a satirical news program featuring real hosts and correspondents, not fictional characters with pre-established canonical races from source material. The concept of a 'race swap' does not apply to this format.
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