A 2011 poll shows that Fox News is the news channel Americans trust the most. The same poll reveals that Fox News is also considered the least trustworthy. A News Channel considered most and least trustworthy simultaneously points to a divided America, wherein the critics are certain that Fox News promotes conservative political positions.

Whatever happened to just reporting the news? Nowadays news is discussed by experts and commentators in such a manner that the audience doesn't have to make their minds up for themselves, but instead receive "news and what to think of it" as a packaged deal.

The ways of slightly bending the truth to fit some hidden political agenda might have worked in the past, but today the explosion of Social Media has made our feeds overload with links and opinions from all over the world to reveal any unintended or intended bias with a simple image or a confession from someone that in fact was there to witness the whole event. 

In January 1999 another News source entered the TV scene. Comedian Jon Stewart became the host of "The Daily Show" with a focus on politics and national news. The show became a huge hit with the coveted young TV audience.

There seems to be a consensus amongst researchers that political comedy has an effect on attitudes and opinions. For example, it has been found that presidential candidates can increase their likeability by appearing on comedy-based talk shows, and that exposure to the humour of late-night comedy help viewers to make up their mind about candidates; both positively and negatively.

This new way of reporting the news filled the gap for the new generation that's been looking for news delivered easily digested and bullshit free. "The Daily Show" became so popular that a spin-off show, "The Colbert Report", was created to build from its success.

It seems the political comedians are being taken more seriously than ever before. Jon Stewart has been on several magazine covers and been cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential personalities in the world; even outranking the current president of the United States, Barack Obama.