The results of a new Pew Survey report are in, and it turns out that those watching Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, along with those who read newspapers every day, are the most knowledgeable on current events - with 54% answering 2 out of the 3 questions correctly.  PBS’ News Hour viewers fell just behind this set.  Shockingly, viewers of Fox News programs were at the bottom of the barrel, along with those who get their news from network morning show programs.  (Next up, The Big Story with Kelly Ripa?)
As Jon Stewart famously quipped, the onus isn’t on him to facilitate public discourse because, “The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls” - yet it looks like he’s doing his part nonetheless.

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