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This should be filed under "how obama got elected."

If you look at the first link, you'll notice that a lot of red states as well as blue ones went with Stewart.

most collecting as many as 30 votes!

It doesn't matter. If the most trusted "journalist" in America is a self-proclaimed comedian on a fake news show it says that people are fucking stupid and watch way too much television.

True, but when he interviews political figures, he tones down the jokes generally and does a decent job of finding out that person's views. He's an intelligent man who's honest about the fact that he's a comedian first and a journalist second, and people respect that.

By that logic, Bill Maher, Ann Coulter and Keith Olbermann should right up there with him as trusted figures.

That study just shows that people don't know what news or what trustworthy really is.

Your are really a dumbass. Do you even watch his show? He isn't honest with the facts. He is a libtard and proud of it. He attacked Bill Cramer for even criticizing The One during the journalistic honeymoon period.

Doc and BSAMS are right and Snarf is a dumbass who illustrates exactly my point about people being fucking stupid. Again.

I have no idea what this is about, but Snarf is most certainly retarded.

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Well, Stewart's better than Fox News- I once happened to catch an episode of the O'Reilly Factor where Bill was claiming the downfall of American Morality because a horror movie (one of the Saw films, 3 or 4 I think) was the #1 movie the previous weekend. The previous weekend was Halloween. Imagine, people going to go see a scary movie during a time when scares are traditional! Truly, corruption and decadence will destroy America.

I almost want to go with Snarf on this one and say that when Stewart isn't playing the part of Liberal propagandist then he does a pretty good job of pointing out what is wrong with "news" these days as far as spin and everything goes. But, then he gets all propagandistic(?) for the left and he comes off as nothing more than a hypocrite. So, yeah, Snarf is a retard.

Nothing of what passes for news these days is really news. They should've just called this poll "Most Trusted News Commentator."

So who do you guys think is the best or trusted news anchor? i like Robin Meade just 'cause she's a hottie. Otherwise I don't give a shit who is reading the news.

but if you look into the link, you'll note there's no validity. the "battle for states", red or otherwise, is almost always a battle for 30 votes. jon stewart's "win" in mississippi is 8 votes -- not an 8 vote lead, 8 total votes for jon.

it's a internet-based poll. it's meaningless. there's no credibility. you can vote an unlimited amount of times for whatever you want. in 10 minutes, a single person could rewrite the result for everything on the site's history. and thus, people make a joke of it -- its exactly what the insurgency feared. for example, iowa is mysteriously contrary to every other state (49-1) in dozens of categories, most likely due to one dastardly rapscallion with a mouse and an F5 key.

hell, 50,000+ votes went in favor of congress passing a resolution to "honor michael jackson as a global humanitarian." nearly unanimous across the country - minus that goddamn iowa, of course.

i dislike the daily show (boo political humor) but i like jon stewart. however, naming him a news anchor, even as an option, is not that far away from naming conan o'brien a news anchor -- both covering the same topics for a segment of their shows. his show is probably just more fun to watch than katie couric's, which can't be saying much. throw borat into the option pool, and all of a sudden the kazakh is the new most trusted news anchor.

The people who do the Economist podcasts.

Rachel Maddow's wife!

Nevermind, I just googled what she looks like......y-i-k-e-s....

Of the guys out there working right now (as opposed to retired guys like Hume, Brokaw or Schieffer)?

He's not an anchor (unless you count hosting 20/20), but I like John Stossel a lot. He's a libertarian, which is a good thing for a journalist to be since it means he naturally distrusts everyone in government.

Chris Wallace is also good. And over at CNN I think Anderson Cooper is better than he has a right to be.

unless its rigged of course...

Heh.

the snarf is a dumbass proof continues to pile up! first ou refer to a comedy show host as an anchor and now you refer to a political opinion show host as a news anchor!

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/just_how_dominant_is_fox_news_122254.asp



it looks like more people trust Fox News than you think snarf....

Its amazing how many sheep are on the right as well.

THIS GUYS NOT ONE OF US HE SAID HE'D FUCK A SHEEP!

GET OFF MY KOOL-AID!

Forgive me for thinking that someone who hosts a show on a channel called FOX NEWS to be a newsman.

You're excused for not knowing the difference between a news anchor and a commentator.


But not for everything else.

im not sure network title would bolster jon stewart's case

i cant forgive you, you also thought a guy who hosts a show on a channel called Comedy Central was a newsman. youre a dumbass.

I wanted to say Hume until I realized he was retired. I usually forget since he still does a lot of opinion panels and radio shows.

Other than that...I guess Shepherd Smith. I wanna say Neil Cavuto, but he tends to have a lot of opinionated quips.

I dn't trust any news person. Who the fuck are these people? Just because you see someone on the tv for a few minutes a day is no reason to tryst they're giving you the story straight. The Michael Jackson fiasco should tell you a little bit about that.

I used to think Dan Rather (even though he is a liberal) was a pretty honest newsguy until he dropped that fake story on Bush right before the election. He had to know he would get fired once the truth came out, but he couldnt get over his ideology.

Plus, isnt a lot of it about what their employers tell them to say, and what not to say.

A newsman is really only a frontman anyway, being fed lines.

exactly, it's not likely they have much sway. in the old days they could threaten to quit, but today with rock solid contracts it would be career suicide as they wouldn't get paid and would be barred by non compete clauses.