Measuring the "Colbert Bump"

An anonymous reader writes "Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In contrast, their Republican counterparts essentially gain nothing. Moreover, even a cursory analysis demonstrates that despite being a comedy program The Colbert Report appears to exercise 'disproportionate real world influence' — likely due to the 'elite demographic' of its audience." In my home we refer to Stephen as "Loud Daddy" because my child would scream bloody murder when we paused him (and only him) on screen. Even at 8 months old the kid has strange taste.

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If this were a politically oriented web site, I could see this being posted, but not on the front page. It would be buried under a dozen or so more relevant.

This is Slashdot. It is tech oriented. I understand politics are important, but the slant has always been how politics will impact our IT related issues. So net neutrality is very relevant. This is not.

I am absolutely baffled how this got accepted as a story.