Over the last few months, my wife and I have begun watching these two comedy central stars. We started watching during the election because all the other news shows typically resulted in me jumping up and down in front of the TV yelling at Pat Buchanan and Bill O’Reilly and my wife sitting there trying to calm me down.

Not just a joke

Now that the election is over, I’m able to watch CNN while remaining in my seat, but Stewart and Colbert are now a part of our daily routine. On one hand these guys are absolutely hilarious, but on the other the information is often quite enlightening. While everything out of Stewart’s mouth is rolled into a joke, a fairly educated mind can pull out some high quality information the more tame media sources won’t dare present. In the case of Colbert, one needs to take what he says and turn it 180 degrees to understand the implied meaning.

Bottom line

If you want to be entertained, watch The Daily Show & The Colbert Report.
If you want to learn something, watch The Daily Show.
If you want to see the slime of America get dragged through the dirt, watch The Daily Show.
If you are a self hating Republican, watch The Colbert Report.
If you hate Bill O’Reilly, watch either.

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