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"Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/tv.stewart.oreilly.ap/index.html

Stewart's 'stoned slackers'? Not quite Comedy Central defends audience against O'Reilly tease

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Posted: 10:02 AM EDT (1402 GMT)

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.

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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: AntiMeme]
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AntiMeme said:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/tv.stewart.oreilly.ap/index.html
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.



"A bunch of fat, uneducated, alcoholic, wife beating white men.




And stoners who can't find the remote." :crazy2:


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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: blink]
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:lol:


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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: AntiMeme]
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I guess some people could call me a stoned slacker.

daily show is awesome :smile:


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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: AntiMeme]
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American news programmes are so ridiculous.


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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: baraka]
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indeed, its nice to have a laugh about political issues when they get really tough and/or depressing to hear about


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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: blink]
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:grin: haha definitely


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"Fear is the great barrier to human growth." ~ Dr. Robert Monroe



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Re: "Stoned slackers" backfire on O'Reilly Factor [Re: Revelation]
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Well... uh.... Sorry we were born here.....? God didnt ask our opinion or anything....

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