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Jon Stewart Stands at the Peak of American punditry

posted by cmn32480 on Monday May 11 2015, @03:16PM   
from the who-is-your-talking-head dept.

gishzida writes:

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.

• "creatures of emotion" (GP's troll) (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @10:10PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @10:10PM (#181670)

  Adding empathy to the emotional spectrum is, apparently, a weakness to be mocked by the Reactionaries.

  It strikes me that if Wrong-Wingers do actually put thought into the decision-making process, that consists of WWJD?--then doing the opposite.
  ...but maybe I'm just jaded after 3-plus decades of Reaganism.

  -- gewg_

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