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Daily Show's Viewers Best O'Reilly's In Political Quiz

Posted by timothy on from the jon-stewart-is-the-greatest-living-american dept.

tjg89 writes "CNN.com has an interesting article about some deragatory comments made about Daily Show viewers by Bill O'Reilly and how Comedy Central reacted. They not only proved that the Daily Show viewers are better informed than viewers of his show, but they are also more informed than viewers of Jay Leno and David Lettermen. Are more slashdot readers Daily Show people or O'Reilly people?" Update: 09/29 16:55 GMT by T : The Daily Show's audience actually topped viewers of "The Tonight Show,""The Late Show" and "The O'Reilly Factor"; CNN just carried the story. (Thanks to reader Robert Nevitt for the correction.)

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  1. Fox? by PrvtBurrito · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't O'Reilly on Fox, not CNN?

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    1. Re:Fox? by nekoniku · · Score: 2, Funny

      Okay, so the survey dispels the "slacker" stereotype in regard to Daily Show viewers. Now we need to find out who smokes the most pot, O'Reilly, Daily Show, Letterman, or Leno viewers.

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    2. Re:Fox? by AltaMannen · · Score: 2, Funny

      I would guess Letterman viewers have the most pot smokers. My reasoning: the "will it float" segment commonly features edible items and posing the question whether it will float or not and then tries it out. This strikes me as most relevant to the market groups 'pot smokers' and 'soup chefs'.

  2. Re:Daily Show by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow, Godwin's law already? That was quick.

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  3. Well.. by SimianOverlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess you could say I'm a huge O'Reilly fan, not only because of his show, but because of all those top quality Computing books he finds time to write. It's just wronger to say us O'Reilly viewers are less intellignet.

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  4. The Daily Show is responsible... by Sevn · · Score: 5, Funny

    for my favorite quote of this circus so far:

    "The Facts are obviously biased against the Bush administration."

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  5. Quote from O'Reilly by wcbarksdale · · Score: 5, Funny
    "You know what's really frightening?" O'Reilly asked Stewart. "You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true."
    I can think of someone whose influence frightens me more.
  6. Re:Daily Show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, Godwin's law already? That was quick.

    These are the Bush years, man. Godwin's law is always quick.

  7. This just in.... by DA_MAN_DA_MYTH · · Score: 2, Funny

    O'Reilly claims the viewers average test scores did not reflect a true random sample.

    "Of the Daily Show viewers polled, only those with enough drive and ambition took the quiz (and did well). The "pot smoking slackers" on the other hand, were up and rattled for a few seconds, then took another hit from the bong and forgot about this nonsense all together."

    Of course I'm joking...

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  8. Re:Daily Show by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

    O'Reilly is just a bully and a blowhard

    You forgot liar.

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