And yet they were often less comically biased than the "real" news that they were lampooning. If nothing more, they provide a worthwhile service in poking at the absurdities of network news.
True, yet they push absurd agendas of their own, see for example The Daily Show's ridiculous outrage-mongering over women's football.
Since you threw it out there. Please inform the rest of us how?
And Murrow or Cronkit weren't? My point was that the most popular and most trusted American newsmen aren't on network news shows any more. They are on variety shows doing comedy about the news.