Paul Ryan
Tiffany Luu 1200 The Truth: Something People Need Today “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth” - Stephen Colbert The Daily Show, starring Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report, starring Stephen Colbert, have become an important news source in today’s society. Even though their shows are based of off comedy, they display an accurate depiction of US politics through humor and exaggeration. Both Stewart and Colbert’s tactics truthfully inform people about current events as opposed to politicians, special interest groups, and media, which often manipulate people’s understanding. This ability was recently demonstrated in their discussion of Paul Ryan. This year, the vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party, Paul Ryan, gave a sensational convention speech that stirred up the crowd. However, a clip from The Daily Show, “The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Paul Ryan's Speech,” exposes Ryan’s speech, like many other political leaders’, as misleading. Rep. Kevin McCarthy: The difference with Paul Ryan is that you get the honesty… Form. Rep. Alan Simpson: … spokesman of hard truth Steve King: … a man who’s not afraid to tell the truth Stewart: Paul Ryan is so honest every time he talks his nose shrinks. Paul Ryan is so honest that his pokers tell is I’m staying in but I have terrible cards. In this clip, Stewart satirically makes his point by using the classic movie Pinocchio as an allusion. He says Ryan’s nose shrinks because when Pinocchio lies, his nose grows. Stewart showed a glimpse of politicians who praise Ryan as truthful in order to mock these supporters. According to “Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan’s Convention Speech,” Ryan fabricated many supposed facts in his speech. For instance, he claimed to have run multiple marathons and claimed his best time was “2 hour and 50-something.” It turns out he actually finished the marathon in 4 hours and 1 minute and only ran one marathon. Ryan also said he would protect