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.
(Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Tuesday May 12 2015, @12:11AM
Comedy is chaos and anarchy, conservatism is order and hierarchy. They're polar opposites.
Imagine Margaret Dumont making jokes at Groucho's expense. Or a version of "The Big Lebowski" where the millionaire is the protagonist. That's conservative comedy.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday May 12 2015, @12:15AM
I always thought Larry the Cable Guy was conservative comedy - notice that almost all the targets are powerless rednecks though.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 12 2015, @03:14AM
Hail Eris
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"