Daily Show and Teachers

If you are a teacher and not a fan of the Daily Show, you may have missed these comedic views of the political pundits who were vilifying teachers and trivializing our profession.  Such rhetoric was a regular part of the commentary on Fox as anti-teacher bills were going through legislation in Wisconsin and elsewhere about the same time SB 5 was introduced in Ohio.

The ironic comedy of the Daily Show exposed the absurdity of these views, something that was lacking in  many straight news programs --and was also good for teacher moral. 

Here are some links to episodes where teachers are attacked:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-28-2011/crisis-in-dairyland---angry-curds
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-28-2011/crisis-in-dairyland---message-for-teachers

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-3-2011/crisis-in-dairyland---for-richer-and-poorer
 

This comparison between of attitudes toward Wall Street and teachers is a classic:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-3-2011/crisis-in-the-dairyland---for-richer-and-poorer---teachers-and-wall-street
 

NYU professor Diane Ravitch summed it up:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-3-2011/diane-ravitch