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Reuters tells us:
As Jon Stewart winds down his 19-year stint as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, he and Stephen Colbert sit at the peak of American punditry despite their left-leaning view of life, the universe and everything.
In an era of diffused voices and divided politics, they are well known, widely admired, and speak to Americans in ways that no one else does, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.
This poll tracks 10 different pundits. Split evenly between conservative and liberal. It is also worth noting that four of the five on the liberal side are comedians, while none of the conservative pundits are trained to tell jokes.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Monday May 11 2015, @06:35PM
It was the right that had principled stances, such as the right not to buy insurance, or the comatose doctrine of limited powers.
The only "principles" involved were that Obama must not look good, that no government programs should prove better than private industry (might put to lie the "it's better to privatize" myth) and that nothing even remotely like socialism should succeed. Any other principles such as those you mention are immediately cast aside when it benefits the interests of those on the right.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday May 11 2015, @06:48PM
The only "principles" involved were that Obama must not look good,
jmorris is trying to be funny! It is the only possible explanation. This is the point of the FA: conservatives are incapable of humor, the best they can do is be racist, they mistake making fun of others for being funny. jmorris is an excellent example of this. Too bad about Bill O'Reilly.