When O'Reilly said on the Daily Show:
"You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote.""
I remember thinking "well, that's nice, I just worked 12 hours at a job which would be impossible on one beer, let alone a joint, so I'm neither stoned nor slacking".
Well, it turns out I'm not alone. Comedy Central did some research (doing Fox's job again, ya bunch a jokers?) and found some interesting tidbits:
"Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media Research."
And...
"Comedy Central also touted a recent study by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey, which said young viewers of "The Daily Show" were more likely to answer questions about politics correctly than those who don't."
This ties in nicely with the fact that Fox viewers tend to be completely misinformed when it comes to key issues. Furthermore, confronting the typically Foxite is usually a depressing waste of time:
ME: "You know, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, at all"
THEM: "So YOU say. All them librul media types are lying to you..."
ME (doing my best Al Gore Sigh impersonation): "Sigh. You watch Fox, dontcha?"
Heres the Librul Boston Glowb Artikul
Posted by carlosmorales at September 28, 2004 11:39 AM | TrackBack