Online Poll: Jon Stewart Is America's Most Trusted Newsman

[Lorax7844]

Nice of them to notice, we've know this for years.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html

[KamaAina]

1. No way, dammit!

It's Colbert all the way! :P

[YOY]

2. That is both makes me very happy and very sad.

I bet it makes Jon both too...because the man himself admits that he's not even a journalist. He's a comedian...who happens to be reporting on the news on a country that is so screwed up that you have to laugh or else you'd go insane.

[annabanana]

3. OK that's pretty amusing. Brian was just on TDS... I wish the

results had been out before they filmed..

[valerief]

4. Way cool. I like Times current poll.

Should Obama be forcing Congress to pass a health-care reform bill before its recess?

54% Yes
46% No
Total: 5726

http://www.time.com/time/

I'm one of the yessers.

[JimWis]

14. Wow. Thanks for that link. Very, very interesting. Did you look at

some of the previous polls. I am going to write that web site down and look at it more often. I like the state by state results.

[Truth Talks]

5. I'll Pass

I suspicion that Jon Stewart is just another media wh*re masquerading as one of the good guys was confirmed when he asked Should anyone take Hugo Chavez seriously? I thought it was just as disgusting as Rangel's anti-Chavez tirade (Rangel Responds to Chavez).

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[Truth Talks]

11. Huh?

I respect and support Hugo Chavez, therefore my "intention here not genuine"?

Oh, I get it - you're another comedian.

[DangerousRhythm]

10. Psst...

In case you didn't get the memo...

He's not a real news man. He's a comedian!

</loud whisper>

Unfortunately, he's one of the few ACTUAL truth tellers we have who has a big enough voice on TV.

[JTFrog]

19. You're not sure what to think about Osama Bin Laden, yet you're sure John Stewart is a media whore?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6128399#6128450

That delivery guy may be really late, but he's gonna show up eventually.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Ha! Katie Couric wins Iowa!

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

12. That's Katie "Navy SEALs RAWK!!!" Couric to you.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. K&R. Think that we were ahead of the curve...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4590026&mesg_id=4590468

[optimal-tomato]

17. "Was it worth it for the U.S. to go to the Moon?"

Iowa was the only state that said no. WTF is going on in Iowa?

Iowan: "Ooh, look an online poll... Oh, nevermind this isn't about corn. I'll just vote the opposite of what everyone else votes."

[TexasObserver]

7. Recommend

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. It's true. Very sad for our country that only a satirist is trusted, but true.

Thank goodness for Jon Stewart. He's done a lot more than entertain. As for the diehard FOX News devotees, I don't think ANYTHING would open their eyes to the truth at this point. In any case, they're far more comfortable with the propaganda and lies.

[BlooInBloo]

13. And Stewart pwns Williams at arm-wrestling.

:rofl:

[optimal-tomato]

16. Dammit Jon...

Just take over at the Late Show for 7 years, then do it...

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. 22 minutes of content in a 30 minute show, and how much of that is comedy rather than actual news?

Hell of a comedian, not a newsman, and not biased at all. Never editorializes (fingers crossed behind back at this point). Granted, Morrow, Huntley, Brinkley, and a whole host of newsmen have editorialized on the air, but it was almost always accompanied by a huge "Editorial Commentary" disclaimer.

"America's Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite"? Think Dan Rather might have something to say about that? Cronkite retired in 1981 as a daily newscaster. In 28 years, there's been no one more trusted than a comedian on a cable network?

Please.

[dysfunctional press]

20. apparently people realize that he's the only one speaking the truth.

[johnaries]

21. Only the Jester can tell theTruth and keep his head. nt