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

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: 1) by Bogsnoticus on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:26AM

    by Bogsnoticus (3982) on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:26AM (#181841)

    We're not a nation of criminals. We are a nation that has descended/evolved from criminals. Working class criminals I hasten to add.
    Upper class criminals (d)evolve into politicians.

    --
    Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:39AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:39AM (#181846) Journal

    Yes, of course. This is why America and Australia have so much in common. They both are equally opposed to Bloody Poms. (Americans don't call them that, but share the sentiment.)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 12 2015, @07:47PM (#182067)

      ...until a baby is born to the royal family.
      ...or a commoner marries into that inbred lot.
      ...or that commoner dies in a car wreck.

      We fought a revolutionary war to dump the lot but there is a certain portion that still feels a need to fawn over aristocratic overlords.

      -- gewg_

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 13 2015, @11:54PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 13 2015, @11:54PM (#182713) Journal
        Good use for comparative advantage.