Daily Show is being attacked on Hardball. Actually, I'm surprised that it

[patricia92243]

has taken this long to happen. If any Democratic idea is uttered on any program, the Republicans will be on it like a chicken on a June bug.

They said some study showed that people who watch the Daily Show are LESS likely to vote blah blah...

Oh well, nice while it lasted.

I say the way they will take care of this little program is to make Jon Stewart an offer he cannot resist and put him on MSM - and therefor muzzle him.

[Brigid]

1. If they try that . . .

Jon Stewart will be smart enough to see the trap and turn them down. Funny how I trust the character of a late-night comedian more than just about anyone else these days.

[TheDebbieDee]

8. This attack is in regards to a WAPO article/op-ed

that claims that The Daily Show is a threat to Democracy.

Apparently, The Daily Show must be making progress in their attempts to balance out the repuke sound machine........

[patricia92243]

13. I did not know about the paper article. That does explain part of it.

What they are really saying is Threaten Democracy means threaten Republicans. Gag!

[malaise]

19. It's a threat to Jay Leno

because people stay on Comedy Central and watch Colbert. Fugg MSNBC.

[shireen]

2. that's a great compliment to the Daily Show! LOL! nt

[Rose Siding]

3. Has Jon ever ragged on Matthews?

It's time.

[oasis]

9. Nora DitzO'Donnell is the host for the week. (n/t)

[idgiehkt]

44. Oh Whora.

gawd.

[Beelzebud]

17. It's passed time. I can't wait to see the reaction.

[emulatorloo]

23. Jon had a good interview w Matthews once --

in '04, and matthews revealed that Rove was blackballing him for being "mean" to Zell Miller and other paid bushbots.

Now Nora O'donnell -- would love to see JS take her on.

[K-W]

4. Less likely to vote than whom? EOM

[patricia92243]

10. Than people who do not watch Daily Show????

[shireen]

5. a poll once showed

that Daily Show listeners are smarter than the people who watch regular cable news, I think ....

[ShortnFiery]

21. Yes! We think, therefore, we do not BELIEVE the propaganda

spewed all over the National Television Cable News outlets.

As Yikes McGee would croon, "Propagandy separates the babies from their candy." :P

People who love the satiric themes of Comedy Central, in general, and The Daily Show, in particular, are notably more intelligent and aware of current affairs. Well DUH! :hi:

[villager]

6. Is "Softball" attacking them for being more interesting and

more valuable than ass-licking li'l Chris' show?

[aquart]

7. Would that be because they are teenagers? 16 abd 17?

[babylonsister]

11. Here's the article that inspired this story against TDS:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html

Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy?

By Richard Morin
Friday, June 23, 2006; Page A02

This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy.

Two political scientists found that young people who watch Stewart's faux news program, "The Daily Show," develop cynical views about politics and politicians that could lead them to just say no to voting.

That's particularly dismaying news because the show is hugely popular among college students, many of whom already don't bother to cast ballots.

Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan S. Morris of East Carolina University said previous research found that nearly half -- 48 percent -- of this age group watched "The Daily Show" and only 23 percent of show viewers followed "hard news" programs closely.

more...

[BuyingThyme]

15. Psy op.

[Hamlette]

32. the article doesn't BEGIN to support the hype

the "study" says people who watch the Daily show are more cynical which COULD lead to them not voting. It does NOT say they do not vote even though the article implies that.

Is there a study that says cynical people don't vote? I'm the most cynical person I know and I have never missed an election.

Oh, and while you're there, read the NEXT article in the set: Headlined: Miserly Republicans, Unprincipled Democrats Sounds bad for Dems, right? Read the article, not so. The so called study was based, apparently, on showing people articles on Katrina victims, some black, some white and asking how much you'd give them. Dems averaged $1500 a month for 13 months, Repubs averaged $1200 for 9 months. It doesn't say how that breaks down by race.

Maybe the study shows, but the article doesn't. Is the author nuts or just GOP?

[K-W]

41. So they compared the Daily Show to MSM Propaganda...

And found the MSM propaganda made them more likely to support mainstream politics. Gee golly.

Something tells me this is true of every single show on television that isnt broadcasting MSM propaganda.

Democracy is having real choices at the polls, not everyone watching the same shows and voting for the same people.

[idgiehkt]

45. ROFLMAO

people develop "cynical views"? fanfuckingtastic!

what they really hate about this is that it make people too smart to enlist.

The righties are really feeling the threat fromt the left aren't they?

They are coming after the blogs and now the Daily Show? Wow, we've arrived.

This study was done by East Carolina U.? LOL.

This is such crap. People in this age bracket are so much more likely to vote democratic that the right should be glad they might not vote. Desperation is so unnattractive.

[rinsd]

12. Didn't you hear Jon Stewart is a sellout?

I've seen it stated on DU many times. :sarcasm:

A study showing that viewing the Daily Show's dose of satire can make a young person negative about the targets of that satire is hardly surprising.

Here is my problem

""Ultimately, negative perceptions of candidates could have participation implications by keeping more youth from the polls," they wrote."

Yeah it could but many thing could affect participation beyond cynicism.

[Brigid]

22. Yes, rigged voting would discourage participation quite effectively,

don't you think?

[rinsd]

36. Could have a slight effect as could lack of candidate choice....

...but I guess the research shows it was actually the Daily Show

;-)

[emulatorloo]

14. Often TDS is cynicism, snark, "they all suck hah hah" and not much else

nothing matters, nothing is worth caring about, lets laugh and celebrate apathy, all politicians are the same etc etc

When push comes to shove, Jon Stewart shows his true colors -- that things do matter to him, that what bushco does is criminal. They do some amazing stuff.

but often it is "yeah they all suck, hah hah!"

[ClusterFreak]

16. Muzzle Jon Stewart?

Good luck with that.

As a 'fake' newsman he's got more journo-cred than 98 percent of the MSM.

[dogday]

18. I saw Stewart on CrossFire

and I laughed my ass off... Called them dicks, said what they did was crap... Man :rofl:

[Brigid]

25. That was classic.

That has become part of internet lore. Jon Stewart is a national treasure. :)

[Tanuki]

20. Yeah, but

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/comedy.politics/





....<snip>On top of that, "Daily Show" viewers know more about election issues than people who regularly read newspapers or watch television news, according to the National Annenberg Election Survey. (Pop quiz)

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, a senior research analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, said "Daily Show" viewers came out on top "even when education, party identification, following politics, watching cable news, receiving campaign information online, age and gender are taken into consideration."<snip>

<snip>Comedy Central was waiting for news like this. On September 17, Stewart appeared on Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" only to be told his viewers are "stoned slackers" and "dopey kids."

"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."

Comedy Central used its viewers' test scores Tuesday to strike back at Fox News Channel and O'Reilly's viewers.

It also trotted out stats from Nielsen Media Research to show that Stewart's viewers are not only smart, but more educated than O'Reilly's.

"Daily Show" viewers are 78 percent more likely than the average adult to have four or more years of college education, while O'Reilly's audience is only 24 percent more likely to have that much schooling.
<snip>

[Kali]

24. Right

Jon Stewart is why there is apathy and cynicism about American politics. Confuse the symptom with the problem much?

[applegrove]

26. They tried that already. Stewart decided to be a big fish in a small pond

so he could stay independant.

So now they attack. Jon will stop people from voting.. hide him from your children.. and by the way it now cost $200 to register each new voter in Florida (or something).

The biggest thing creating voter apathy is lack of transparency in elections and with machines. That is all 100% GOP.

[Brigid]

28. Why would Stewart leave TDS?

He must be having the time of his life! :rofl:

[applegrove]

31. Sometimes he seems pretty upset. Don't you get that? I haven't seen

it lately.. but 'time of his life' isn't what you see all the time. Sometimes anger, bewilderment, longing, defiance, laughing at the pain Americans are in right now.. cause you have to at times.. to survive.. along with humour and fun.

I think that is why it works. Cause it is honest. And you can connect.

[Brigid]

34. That's what I meant.

He's independent, gets to laugh, and gets to connect with people -- often at a serious level. How could he ask for more than that? MSM certainly doesn't offer that to us, and couldn't offer it to him either.

[laundry_queen]

47. I've noticed lately

he seems downright disgusted and frustrated most times.
But then again, who here isn't?

[DoYouEverWonder]

33. It would be like Johnny Carson

taking over the Oprah Show. What a step down that would be.

[countingbluecars]

27. I would agree that TDS

viewers are less likely to vote-for repugs.

[Taverner]

29. Maybe thats just because the don't count the votes...

That TDS watchers submit

[Brigid]

30. They really shouldn't have done this on a Friday.

Now the TDS gang has plenty of time to prepare a comeback for Monday's show.

[TheDebbieDee]

38. I thought the same thing after I read about the article......

I thought, "Those gutless asswipes at the Postput this $hit out on a Friday cause they figured they'd have 3 extra days to have their article out there, unchallenged, before Stewart and crew rips them to shreds on Monday night!

COWARDS!

[Old and In the Way]

35. See how it works?

Have a negative hit story published in the WaPo and the talking heads can "discuss" the story for weeks.

[Radical Activist]

37. And cable news has been boosting turn out for the last 10 years?

Hypocrites. They weren't worried about cynicism when the cable news networks became "All monica all the time" for over a month.

[Tactical Progressive]

39. Oh, Daily Show viewers vote

Their votes just get thrown out by Diebold.

It's not the same thing, WaPo.

[AtomicKitten]

40. I do believe Jon was just handed more material.

Or what that be cynical to say?

[K-W]

42. Thats the beauty of it, by taking TDS seriously, theyve already lost. nt

[AtomicKitten]

43. time for Colbert to spank them n/t

[SoCalDem]

46. I hope Jon NEVER goes to MSM.. Remember Maher's troubles?

As long as Jon's on cable, he can have some latitude..once under the "umbrella", they will snap it shut in a heartbeat..

Enough people have cable & computers these days that he's in no trouble ratings-wise..