Pew Survey: Viewers of Colbert and Stewart Score High on News Test (See Who Didn't!)

[DogPoundPup]

Greg Mitchell Posted August 17, 2008

The results of the new Pew Survey on News Consumption (taken every two years and released this afternoon) suggest that viewers of the "fake news" programs The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are more knowledgeable about current events (as judged by three test questions) than watchers of "real" cable news shows hosted by Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reilly and Larry King, among others -- as well as average consumers of NBC, ABC, Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN and daily newspapers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/pew-survey-viewers-of-col_b_119433.html

:woohoo: And be sure to read the rest of the article!

[sakabatou]

1. Gee, who knew?

[Occam Bandage]

2. Shockingly, Hannity and Colmes viewers scored higher still, and Hardball higher still.

Unsurprised that Lou Dobbs and O'Reilly viewers sucked. Still: who the fuck can't answer those questions?

[liberal N proud]

3. That will be used as evidence for historians

When they tell the future how fucked up the media in the early part of the 21 Century.