Colbert, Stewart viewers more well-informed than those watching O’Reilly, Dobbs

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Colbert, Stewart viewers more well-informed than those watching O’Reilly, Dobbs.»

A new Pew Survey on News Consumption released yesterday reveals that viewers of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are more knowledgeable about current events than those who watch Bill O’Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Larry King, and the “average consumers of NBC, ABC, Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN and daily newspapers.” Thirty percent of Daily Show and 34 percent of Colbert viewers correctly identified Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, compared to the national average of just 18 percent.


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/18/stewart-colbert-oreilly-dobbs/

[aquart]

1. Well, yes we are.

I LOVE being able to get The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on my pc! LOVE IT! No more begging for recaps and scraps of video! Yes!

[MessiahRp]

2. This will bite Billo who had just spouted 2 year old stats to confirm the opposite

He had tried to imply Colbert viewers were less informed than his by citing a similar report from 2005. I guess this ends that discussion for now.

My question is how the hell could only 34% of Americans know what political party controls Congress and how is that more than viewers of C-SPAN!?!? That's all they show on that channel!

Rp

[supernova]

3. Makes sense

You have to have listened to/read the news to even understand TDS and TCR.

[baby_mouse]

4. damned elitists n their KNOWIN stuff.

Knowing stuff is for teh GAY.

kthxbai

[defendandprotect]

5. Jon Stewart is going to cover the Democratic Convention ---

[defendandprotect]

6. . . . . so is Randi Rhodes ---- !!!

[marmar]

7. and Thom Hartmann.....

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