'Daily Show' wins second Peabody for election coverage

<p>Comedy Central's spoof news show won its second Peabody Award for election coverage Thursday, with many of the other broadcasting awards going to overseas reports.</p><p>"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was awarded the honor for its "Indecision 2004" campaign reports, which judges called "the kind of cathartic satire that deflates pomposity on an equal opportunity basis." The show won its first Peabody in 2000 for its election reports that year.</p><p>The George Foster Peabody awards are given for broadcasting excellence in both news and entertainment. Given by the University of Georgia, 32 awards will be awarded May 16 in New York.</p><p>Awards were also given to HBO for "Deadwood," a gritty Western drama, and two BBC series.</p><p>The news and documentary categories were dominated by international reports, including an examination of Rwanda after the genocide on The History Channel and the "60 Minutes" reporting of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.</p>