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Late-night TV makes you smarter?

Published Wednesday, September 29, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Or at least, perhaps, better informed. CNN reports on recent findings of the National Annenberg Election Survey. Survey says...viewers of Jon Stewart knew more about politics than viewers of Jay Leno or David Letterman, although all three audiences knew more than the general public did about the most important things happening in the world around us.

This particular survey also breaks down the data on each of the late-night host's comedic targets, in case you're curious as to how many Bush jokes are about his incompetence vs. the fact that he wasn't really elected president.