Daily Show viewers are rich and educated !

[obnoxiousdrunk]

One turns on Jay Leno. One tunes into David Letterman. And the other watches Jon Stewart.

Who's better informed politically?

In a recent survey, viewers of Stewart's "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central tested better than Letterman and Leno viewers on a six-question politics quiz.

Viewers of all three shows know more about the background of presidential candidates and their positions on issues than people who don't watch late-night TV.

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

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

[MallRat]

1. New meme: JON STEWART MAKES YOU SMARTER.

Spread the word!

;-)

[gratuitous]

4. AND MORE ATTRACTIVE

It's worth a shot, right?

[Was_Immer]

2. Duh

Thats all we watched in College. We didnt watch leno or letterman. No offense to them, but this show is much more interesting than ass kidding hollywood!

[featherman]

3. Well, gee, I'm rich and well educated and I watch it

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I don't fall under the heading of rich *lol*

[obnoxiousdrunk]

6. I'm right there

with you. Well some consider knowledge as wealth so I think you're rich in that way.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. And I am rich in my sense of humor too. Hope you are as well

:D

[obnoxiousdrunk]

8. That's why we chose

the best show to watch.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Ayuh!