1. Yes, i agree that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report do keep their audiences up to date with important news. Although these shows are not what someone would first think of as a source of national news but they both do well to provide the significant events happening around the country. Both shows want to make there views understand the national news but also make them enjoy and laugh about it. Most views would not find traffic accidents interesting or important to there knowledge. Therefore, they only focus on the biggest topics in the news to grab all of their viewers attention.
2. Reading the news rhetorically means to read a persuasive piece of writing and then being able to understand the other side of the argument. To make this case he uses the satire portrayed on the shows. The use of satire allows the framed news to be completely opened and showcased. The Daily Show may use satire by exaggerating one side of the argument, by doing this views realize how one sided they are making the argument and come to the conclusion that there are two obvious sides. This is persuasive because he uses examples from the shows that he has already mentioned.

To make my doubting paper persuasive, I need to include both sides of the argument. The argument will have the most strength if i present both sides of the argument and then show how the side I doubt is better. My rhetorical aim is to use as many examples out of my articles as i possibly can. The use of examples allows for concrete details and will allow the audience to better understand the subject. Also, I want to show the tone of each article. The tone conveys how the author wants the subject to be seen. Therefore, it is important to use the authors tone as one of the rhetorical effects.