Neither is The Colbert Report, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from categorizing them as such. Including younger people, who always say (according to surveys anyway) that they get their main news from the Comedy Central shows.

But is this true? I mean, don't you already have to know about the people being poked at, the politicians being skewed, the news stories of the day being dumped on, in order to get the jokes? It's not like the two shows explain the stories. They're just humor shows, and you have to watch the regular news so you can get the jokes.