Quote:Did you know studies have shown that people who exclusively watch FoxNews actually know less about the world than if they didn't watch any news at all? That's means you get more straight talk standing around the water cooler at work than you do from everybody's favorite 24 hr infotainment broadcasting. Also, did you know that the Daily Show is actually one of the best sources of actual news around?


Anyways, more shenanigans from the corporate right:

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Care to cite any of the "studies"?

 

A comedy show is actually a better source of actual news?  Are you serious?

 

Quote:The Daily Show isn't bad for news actually.  Just like FOX isn't bad for comedy.  But I digress.  Some of us don't follow the presidential primaries when nothing is going on.  Especially when the first primary isn't for another 6 months.  We're going to be oversaturated with these candidates to the point where the debates will be pointless.

 

Once again, are you serious?

 

Kind of related to global warming climate change, here is a bit of "homework" or research that I challenge people to do.

 

As part of President Obama's "electric vehicle initiative" ($2.4 BILLION), a Norwegian company called Think Global received $17 million dollars in stimulus money to build "Think City".  Google that for a bit and see where the money ended up.

 

One of the primary investors in Think Global was Ener1.  They went belly up after spending $55 million of a $118 million grant given to them.

 

Then there is a company called A123 Systems that received $249 million in stimulus money.  See how that ended up.

 

Another is a company called Fisker that got a $538.7 million taxpayer-backed loan.  Where does that end up?

 

The bottom line is, how much of this stuff appears on The Daily Show?

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