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Question by Katie: Too much O’reilly Factor……?
I recently read this excerpt from Media Matters, a media watchdog Organization… I would like your feedback:
During the May 23 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly asserted that “[m]any Americans ages 18 to 24 have no idea what’s going on,” stating that they “get their news from [Comedy Central host] Jon Stewart and their point of view from bomb-throwing entertainers.” In fact, studies have shown that viewers of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are consistently better informed about current events than consumers of other media, and Daily Show viewers are considerably better educated than viewers of The O’Reilly Factor. Further, consumers of Fox News in general have been found to be significantly more misinformed about current events than consumers of other mainstream media.
During the June 14 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O’Reilly again baselessly attacked viewers of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, calling them “dopey college kids” who must be “stoned” to watch the program. In fact, as Media Matters for America has previously noted, a study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center indicates that Daily Show viewers are consistently better informed about current events than consumers of other media, while Nielsen Media Research statistics demonstrate that Daily Show viewers are more educated and affluent than the viewers of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor.

Responding to a segment on the June 13 broadcast of The Daily Show during which host Jon Stewart satirized O’Reilly’s recent trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, O’Reilly suggested that Abu Bakar Bashir — the extremist religious leader recently released from prison where he was serving time for his role in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks — could “bunk with” Stewart “when he comes to the USA.” O’Reilly then characterized his own “program” as “serious” — as opposed to Stewart’s “comedy show” — and asserted that while being “a smart guy,” Stewart has taken to pandering to the “[d]opey college kids” who “are gonna watch him.”

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/search_results?qstring=Jon+stewart

THIS INFORMATION WAS RECIEVED FROM MEDIA MATTERS, A NON-PARTISAN MEDIA ORGANIZATION THAT CHECKS THE VALIDITY OF FACTS ASSERTED WITHIN MANY “OPINION” SHOWS. FOLLOW THE LINK
IT SEEMS THAT EVEN WHEN PRESENTED WITH FACTS FROM A NON-PARTISAN THIRD PARTY SOURCE, THE CONSERVATIVE RIGHT STILL WANTS TO STAY MISINFORMED, RATHER THAN USE THIS CONSTRUCTIVELY AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO BECOME INFORMED

Best answer:

Answer by pinkgoatwithmentalissues
Wow.

The only conservative show is attacked without fail by every liberal in the united states.

sad.

go O’reilly.

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