Liberadio(!) Daily: When Snark Brings the News, People Listen

Posted by Liberadio(!) on April 17, 2007 under Uncategorized |

Summary: Which came first? Knowledgeable people watching Comedy Central or Comedy Central making people more knowledgeable? Yesterday, the Pew Research Center issued the results of a poll acknowledging that the american people don’t know any more about government now than they did twenty years ago, despite the advent of the 24-news cycle. Those that do know? Yeah, they’re getting their real news from fake news shows. Plus, let’s allow Republicans to create a nominal monarchy, and two hundred World Bank staffers demand the resignation of Paul Wolfowitz.

Listen: When Snark Brings the News, People Listen (22:25 20.5MB)