The Daily Show is Like The O’Reilly Factor? « Dj Konservo

The Daily Show is Like The O’Reilly Factor?

I watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from time to time because I find it somewhat funny and occasionally insightful. I’ve seen clips of the O’Reilly factor and I find him to be an ignorant, arrogant ass.

Imagine my surprise when reading the following headline:

Study of ‘Daily Show’: It’s a lot like O’Reilly

What?

*Jon Stewart impression*

Go on…

A journalism think tank studying “The Daily Show” doesn’t believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart - because otherwise they wouldn’t get the jokes.

The Project for Excellence in Journalism also said it was surprised at how much the Comedy Central late-night program resembles “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” and other cable news shows in content.

…

“They’re not making jokes about Dan Quayle is dumb or Gerald Ford is clumsy,” he said. “They’re not making jokes that you could get if you live in the country but don’t read the news … . You can’t get the jokes if you’re not watching the news. The jokes are designed to make you think more about the news.”

Link

Just like O’Reilly!

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