Robert Niles over at the Online Journalism Review wrote an excellent post about journalism students and why “fake” news shows matter.

In summary, he said that the reason people enjoy The Daily Show and The Colbert Report is that they have the balls to call political and governmental figures on their BS.  This is, in part, what I was getting at when I wrote that you’re getting young people all wrong, although Niles had a better way of wording it.

He also noted that newspapers are “seeking [more] online journalism students than we have students to refer them.”  This also is why journalism students should not be buying into the doom and gloom speeches. There is still a demand!

So if any professor attempts to tell you otherwise, do what any good journalist would do: call BS.

And be sure to read Robert’s post.