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The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV
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Anybody else watch this show? Really funny stuff if you like irony and politics... Apparently they have the most politically intelligent audience as well:

http://www.cnn.com/....politics/index.html
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From the article:

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Forty-nine percent of Leno and Letterman viewers got a perfect score on the quiz.

But 60 percent of "Daily Show" viewers answered all six questions correctly.

Just 42 percent of those who read a newspaper four days a week aced the test. Only 40 percent of those who watch network news four days a week got every answer right.

Comedy Central was waiting for news like this. On September 17, Stewart appeared on Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" only to be told his viewers are "stoned slackers" and "dopey kids."

"You know what's really frightening?" O'Reilly asked Stewart. " You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true."

Comedy Central used its viewers' test scores Tuesday to strike back at Fox News Channel and O'Reilly's viewers.

It also trotted out stats from Nielsen Media Research to show that Stewart's viewers are not only smart, but more educated than O'Reilly's.

"Daily Show" viewers are 78 percent more likely than the average adult to have four or more years of college education, while O'Reilly's audience is only 24 percent more likely to have that much schooling.

Plus, the network noted, "Daily Show" viewers are 26 percent more likely to have a household income more than $100,000, while O'Reilly's audience is only 11 percent more likely to make that much money.

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Man, O'Reilly is such an ass. Today's NYTimes has an opinion piece by Al Gore, in which he quotes Jon Stewart: "The debate tomorrow should not seek to discover which candidate would be more fun to have a beer with. As Jon Stewart of the "The Daily Show'' nicely put in 2000, "I want my president to be the designated driver.'' "

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [eastcoasttri] [ In reply to ]
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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [martyg] [ In reply to ]
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I have the same issue... I don't catch most shows due to how late it is. They have a great site that features some of the funny clips

http://www.comedycentral.com/...yshowwithjonstewart/
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I'd say that regulars here atTibbs' Lavender Room are more politically intelligent than all those audiences combined.

I took that quiz and aced it, six for six. Very easy when the candidates are polar opposites of each other.


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Re: The Daily Shows: Second next to Tibbs' Lavender Room regulars [haystack] [ In reply to ]
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Aced it, too. And the Daily Show is very funny. I loved it when they did the "Indecision 2000" thing.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [eastcoasttri] [ In reply to ]
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I watch the show as often as possible. But I'm having a hard time stomaching it as of late. Anyone else thing John is leaning more and more to the left? Granted it's a free world, and it is his show, but the show would be far funnier if I thought the jokes were spread around a bit more equally.




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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [minny expat] [ In reply to ]
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John Stewart and his writers are obviously liberal, and their jokes are definitely weighted more against Republicans than Democrats, but what I think they do a really good job of is getting guests from both sides of the aisle. I've seen high ranking Republicans and Democrats and writers/thinkers from both sides in addition to all the movie stars and musicians.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [slowguy] [ In reply to ]
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Yep. They do bring in good guests, and do so from both sides. I won't stop watching the show, but I do get sick of his obvious partisianship. He definitely hates bush.




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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [minny expat] [ In reply to ]
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I don't know that he "hates" Pres Bush, I just think he doesn't like his politics. It's easy to read more into it because it's comedy and it doesn't really pull any punches. Partly, he just has more material on the Pres because he's been in office for 4 years and Sen Kerry's really only been on the media radar screen for this election process. I've heard him say that he respects the Pres and he said just the other night that he thinks both candidates are basically honorable guys on opposite sides of the issues. Plus, Pres Bush is fun to make fun of. ;-)

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [slowguy] [ In reply to ]
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I don't know that he "hates" Pres Bush, I just think he doesn't like his politics. It's easy to read more into it because it's comedy and it doesn't really pull any punches. Partly, he just has more material on the Pres because he's been in office for 4 years and Sen Kerry's really only been on the media radar screen for this election process. I've heard him say that he respects the Pres and he said just the other night that he thinks both candidates are basically honorable guys on opposite sides of the issues. Plus, Pres Bush is fun to make fun of. ;-)


Good points. I think that's true. With the exposure Bush has, he does provide a lot of ammunition. It would definitely be fun to make fun of him. I didn't hear that about him saying they are both honorable guys. My grip is that when he makes fun of Kerry or any "liberal", it's very light, and apolitical humor. Usually, when it's a Republican, it's a slam. Of course, that opinion is just through my eyes. Not fact.

Funny thing, I actually just turned him on. He's interviewing Clark




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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [minny expat] [ In reply to ]
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Yeah, I think he has Giuliani on next.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [slowguy] [ In reply to ]
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Stewart's allegiance is pretty obvious. Oh, and he REALLY hates Bob Novak.

What's interesting is watching Letterman the last 4 years. He's been considered to be the Republican comedian, and I believe he voted for Bush last time. I don't think he was terribly a fan of Clinton, although he was obviously a staple of late-night talk shows. But if you watch him now, he seems to have a rather hard edge for Bush. They try for the sake of balance to do bits on both Kerry and Bush, but Bush's seem to be a bit nastier, although that may be because he's a little easier to make fun of on tape.

I know somebody who works control room production for the show, and he says that Letterman hasn't divulged anything obvious. I'll have him talk to some writers to get more of a sense. One does get a feel that Letterman is like Lou Dobbs - looks like a man betrayed by his choices and now a bit mad.


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Interesting you mention Lou Dobbs. This guy is no business expert. He's a fraud. I caught his common Looter drivel today on the Michael Medved radio show. It was un-freaking-believable! He was going on about how corporations needed to have a conscience and that enlightened people like himself were to be the conscience for corporations. This guy's lost his marbles (or never had any to begin with). He thinks he can tell owners of corporations what they should and should not do in the name of conscience. Sounds good, just doesn't work that way. Businesses are in business to make a profit. Period.


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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [haystack] [ In reply to ]
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He thinks he can tell owners of corporations what they should and should not do in the name of conscience. Sounds good, just doesn't work that way. Businesses are in business to make a profit. Period.

Yeah, why should business pursue any end except profit? Why should they be held to minimum standards of societal conduct? Why shouldn't we just let them do their thing, and if people get in their way, the people should get run over. Profit, baby, more profit.

I really wonder when we're going to get hip to the idea that the economy exists to serve people, not the other way around.








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Ack!! What is this blasphemy I am reading?!?!

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [eastcoasttri] [ In reply to ]
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I watch the show pretty much every night. I think there is a definite lean to the left BUT the show seems to have no problems trashing both sides when it will get a laugh. And the Daily Show has been great about getting people from both sides. Frankly when anyone Republican is on he treats them with kid gloves, seems to honestly listen and be respectful of them...in addition I think that he makes efforts to make sure the audience is equally respectful.

Funny thing is that this a daily comedy show about current events but sometimes jokingly asks more perinent questions that truly should have been asked by a real news program.
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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [gj] [ In reply to ]
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Well, what's this post for if we can't disagree?

I think just the opposite of you. I think he licks the boots of any Dem. As far as his more conservative guests go, yes I do like the fact that he has people from all accross the spectrum as guests, and for the most part is treats them respectfully. But he is far more likely to interrupt with snide remarks to get a laugh (from his liberal audience) when he's mocking conservative veiwpoints. Now, I am absolutely not saying he shouldn't make fun of them. He should. I just think that his show and humor is the funniest when it's bipartisan. I don't think it is. He jabs lightly at Kerry for his speaking/rambling kennedy-wanna be voice, but he'll trash Bush, Cheney, et al for just about everything. I mean come on, if I hear one more Halliburton joke, or swift boat joke...




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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [vitus979] [ In reply to ]
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"I really wonder when we're going to get hip to the idea that the economy exists to serve people, not the other way around."

When we start talking with out wallets. If it is bad don't buy it. In all truth and theory the point of a company is too make a profit. It is up the consumer to say who makes the profit.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [Mr. Tibbs] [ In reply to ]
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"When we start talking with out wallets."

That's certainly part of the solution.

"In all truth and theory the point of a company is too make a profit."

Wrongo. That's the theory we're laboring under, but the real purpose of a company is to provide for the material needs of people.








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""In all truth and theory the point of a company is too make a profit."

Wrongo. That's the theory we're laboring under, but the real purpose of a company is to provide for the material needs of people. "

Not quite. The point of the economy and of industry is to provide for the material needs of the people. The point of a company is to provide its own service or product while making the most profit for the company's owners or shareholders. The economy includes other factors like govt. that help to balance the profit motivation of the company with the need for public good. If not for these outside factors, not too many companies would adopt environmental protection measures, or safety precautions, or public health measures out of the good of their hearts.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [Mr. Tibbs] [ In reply to ]
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"When we start talking with out wallets. If it is bad don't buy it. In all truth and theory the point of a company is too make a profit. It is up the consumer to say who makes the profit."

In our system, we have the check of government and that is fairly limited in most cases. If you really want to see the growth of good corporate citizens, allow criminal prosecution of managment for violation of enviornmental regs, etc. One scary example is in the mining industry. They have a class titled "Be a Foreman, Go to Jail." It explains how foremen can have criminal liability for violations of safety regs. Do you think there would be accounting scandals if there was a similar situation for CFO's?
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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [slowguy] [ In reply to ]
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The point of a company is to provide its own service or product while making the most profit for the company's owners or shareholders.

No, commodore, like most good capitalists you've mistakenly identified profit as an end in itself, rather than what it should be- a means to an end. The proper purpose of a company is not to make the most profit for its owners, but to provide a product or service that benefits members of society and to provide a living for its owners and employees.








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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [vitus979] [ In reply to ]
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Read my post vitus. I'll go ahead and quote it for you:

"The point of a company is to provide its own service or product while making the most profit for the company's owners or shareholders."

I know that profit isn't the sole purpose, but it is part of the purpose of a company. You deciding to ignore it doesn't make it go away. Very few companies would provide their product or service for long if they weren't turning a profit. Breaking even is no good. You are confusing the purpose of a "company" with th purpose of the "economy" or "industry." You can say that profit "should be" a means, but for the individual companies themselves, it is in fact one of the goals, and it always has been.

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Re: The Daily Show: The smartest viewers on Late night TV [slowguy] [ In reply to ]
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Read my post vitus.

Don't worry, I read it the first time. Honest.

I know that profit isn't the sole purpose, but it is part of the purpose of a company. You deciding to ignore it doesn't make it go away.

I don't ignore it.

Maybe you should go back and re-read my post. I don't say that profit isn't one of the purposes of a company. I say it should be viewed as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself. In our current scheme, it's viewed as its own end. That's A Bad Thing. It leads to all sorts of mischief.








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