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Study of 'Daily Show': It's a lot like O'Reilly (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 5/8/2008
Study of 'Daily Show': It's a lot like O'Reilly (AP)
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AP - 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.

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Media Decoder:  Study of ‘Daily Show:’ It’s A Lot Like O’Reilly

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Study of ‘Daily Show:’ It’s A Lot Like O’Reilly
Media Decoder — The Associated Press reports: 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. Not exactly a new assessment, but an interesting one nonetheless. Also: “While Stewart aims most of his firepower at Republicans, the show is actually pretty balanced in its bookings, the study ...

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