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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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Hey, wait a minute!! I want a divorce!! ... you're not Clint Eastwood!!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday May 12 2015, @12:36AM
It isn't anger that they are channeling it is fear. Humor is the best motivator of Stewart/Colbert's key demographics, younger more liberal leaning people. Fear is the best motivator for older conservatives. We have known this since 2001, media beats the fear drum constantly. The Limbaugh/Hannity demographic has been primarily motivated by fear for pretty much ever. It is only post 2001 that it has become truly effective. Fear the terrorists (that kill .001% the as many Americans as cars, guns, or heart disease); fear immigrants, because they will take your jobs; fear Obamacare because.. hmm.. only the rich deserve healthcare (even though a well run social health system will cut costs for everyone by encouraging people to get preventative care instead of waiting and ending up in the emergency room); fear the gays... because... uhh.. Hannity is a closet homosexual? I have no idea on that one. It always seems to me that the more a Republican bang the anti-gay drum the more likely they are banging... oh nevermind.
And before people jump all over my on the Obamacare thing. Yeah, it is a clusterfuck, mostly because half of congress wants the thing to fail for political reasons. Yes, I think the states should and could do it better. But I know the states won't fucking do it without a federal mandate. Perhaps if people tries to work for a compromise on how to do it instead of both parties being "my way or the highway", we could get shit done. But the ship has sailed on getting shit done about 20 years ago.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 12 2015, @01:25AM
(even though a well run social health system will cut costs for everyone by encouraging people to get preventative care instead of waiting and ending up in the emergency room)
Obamacare is not a well-run social health system; it's corporate welfare, plain and simple. We should've gone with single-payer, not this insurance company scam that still leaves millions uninsured and confuses many people with its overly complex implementation. Yet, last I checked, Obama came out against single-payer, so there goes the "He's just easing us into single-payer!" theory.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday May 13 2015, @03:01PM
Like I said, I agree it is a disaster and single payer would be beter. But anyone pretending that Republicans voting against Obamacare simply because they would rather have single payer is a straight up lie. They would have voted that down too, and any other national healthcare scheme that parted from the status quo. Both parties were getting significant money from the existing health insurance framework in order to maintain the gravytrain as long as possible.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh