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NEW YORK (AP) -- The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring to "The Daily Show" audience as "stoned slackers."
So they did a little research. And guess whose audience is more educated?
Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media Research.
O'Reilly's teasing came when Stewart appeared on his show earlier this month.
"You know what's really frightening?" O'Reilly said. "You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote."
Comedy Central executives realized, and O'Reilly acknowledged, that he was poking fun. But they said they didn't want a misconception to persist.
"If the head of General Motors was watching O'Reilly's show, that could be very important to us," said Doug Herzog, Comedy Central president.
"If you listen to O'Reilly, you get the sense that it was crazy longhairs behind the show," he said. "And it's not. It's great, smart television that attracts a well-compensated audience, most of whom are voting age."
Relax, said Fox News Channel spokesman Rob Zimmerman.
"Comedy Central must have lost their sense of humor," Zimmerman said. "Without Jon Stewart, Comedy Central would turn into the Great American Country Channel."
Comedy Central also touted a recent study by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey, which said young viewers of "The Daily Show" were more likely to answer questions about politics correctly than those who don't.
Comedy Central had no statistics on how many people watch "The Daily Show" stoned.
Although seemingly taken aback by repeated "stoned slackers" references while talking with O'Reilly, Stewart was ready with a joke.
"This election is going to rely on the undecided," he said. "And who is more undecided than stoned slackers? Ice cream or pretzels? Ice cream or pretzels? What's it going to be?
Whether it's the slacker or no-slacker zone, O'Reilly is entering it October 7, when he's scheduled to appear on "The Daily Show."
So if Stewart's audience is comprised of stoned slackers, how would Herzog describe O'Reilly's audience?
"I'm not getting into that game," he said.
Not a great article, but I love how O'Reilly thinks he and his audience is the most educated group out there.
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I find the Daily show to be one of the most refreshing things on T.V. and Does it make me worry that this man has an effect on the election?.. Hell no it doesn't.. If Jon were qualified to run for president I'd vote for HIM.
O'riely is a cynical, overbearing blowhard who's upset when he's not top dog. Talk about arrogance.. watch that show for more than 20 mins and you'll know the meaning. I can't wait to see him on the Daily show.. Jon will be cordial and host-like.. I can't say that much for the Audiance.. and it'll make me feel good to see him out of his element.
Now that I've ripped on Oriely.. I will say that I was impressed that A. he's going on Jons show after such comments. and B. I saw and artical in Maxim in which Bill seemed to have a pretty good sence of humor about himself. So as much as I find the man intollerable I felt the need to point out that he's probably an ok guy... just... misguided..
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shenbaw wrote: I'd like to meet Bill O'Reilly alone in a dark alley and have a baseball bat handy.
::whack whack whack whack whack whack::
"What are you doing" -Bill O'Reiley
::whack whack whack whack::
"I'll killing you... unfortunatly all I could afford was this wiffle ball bat... it'll all be over soon Bill.. just drift into unconciousness.." -shenbaw
(Godfather music playing in back ground)
hehehehehe... I've watched too much southpark
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shenbaw wrote: I'd like to meet Bill O'Reilly alone...
in a dark alley...
and have a baseball bat handy.
The most annoying thing, to me, is that this is the best of the bad. And I don't want to really bash the guy too hard, because I honestly believe that he thinks he's doing what's right, and I believe in at least partially rewarding effort. I'd rather focus on bigger fish.
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