more stoned slackers
More on those stoned slackers who watch The Daily Show:
Daily Show viewers ace political quiz [CNN.com]
No joke: Daily Show viewers follow presidential race [Business-Journal.com]
I’ve actually seen that clip in question, where Jon Stewart is a guest on The O’Reilly Show. And even given Fox News’ penchant for being forcefully right-leaning in its “news” coverage and opinions, I honestly didn’t expect the level of downright unprofessional hostility that Bill O’Reilly conveyed in his “interview” with Jon Stewart.
Seriously, calling Stewart’s target audience “stoned slackers” every three minutes, with a five-minute rant on how John Kerry bypassed his (O’Reilly’s) show for Stewart’s (only to conclude that Kerry was just attempting to be “hip”) just doesn’t give O’Reilly much credibility. There was also this exchange:
STEWART: When you say younger, are you talking 9, 10? What are you talking here?
O’REILLY: No, I’m talking 18 to 25, you know. The people who are on your intellectual level.
Ugh. Watching that clip left a truly awful aftertaste, despite Stewart’s usually successful attempts at humorous (and optionally diplomatic) comebacks. Anyway, the full transcript [whitman.edu student page] of the interview, for the morbidly interested.