Last night i watched the news at 6:30 and the Daily Show at 11:00 and attempted to compare the two programs. While the news shows just that, the news, the Daily show is a bit different. The Daily Show is on Comedy Central, thus you wouldnt expect alot of news stories. They tend to focus on some humorous stories, and there isnt alot of them. Then they have a guest on to talk about a topic which can range from religion to politics. Its more of a comedic program than an informative one, which I believe most people would expect.

The network news doesnt focus on a funny or humorous aspect. They have stories that also range from politics to human interest stories. They talked alot about the Somali pirate attacks, which has been dominating the network news stations lately. The news is more informative than the Daily Show because they have much more news or stories on many different things. Both the Daily Show and the news had stories that werent really news but were interesting, such as the passenger on a plane landing it after the pilot died. In short, the Daily Show is more entertaining but the news is more informative.