Mind the Trickster: thoughts on the tricksters mind

While working on the Myth presentation, and reading the diverse mythological stories of the trickster in our book, I came to realize that the trickster has always been and will most likely continue to be one of the most influential characters not only in folkclore, but in our modern day multimedia society as well. More often than not, we get bombarded with information on current events from around the world, but sometimes you have to stop and wonder "is the information I'm receiving accurate? Is someone putting a twist to the information or simply ommitting something to create a certain bias?" Then I suddenly realized that one of the best examples of a modern day trickster would be John Stewart and Stephen Colbier, these guys are brilliant in editing information and creating their own twist or having the information they present conform to their bias. But does this stop the viewer from discrediting John Stewart and Stephen Colbier from being completely reliable? The trickster has come a long way from being the creature/man/god who only did things to benefit himself or herself....