] NEW YORK -- The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when
] Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring to "The
] Daily Show" audience as "stoned slackers."
]
] So they did a little research. And guess whose audience
] is more educated?
]
] Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have
] completed four years of college than people who watch
] "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media
] Research.

] The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News
] Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring to "The Daily
] Show" audience as "stoned slackers."
]
] So they did a little research. And guess whose audience
] is more educated?

The answer should not surprise anyone.

Humor is a sign of intelligence and a tool of the intelligent. The comedy on the Daily Show is not low-brow-talk-down-to-the-audience-laugh-a-minute Jay Leno style stuff. Its also not wacky-wacky Letterman style. The Daily Show writers assume you have a clue about what is going on in the world and you are tuned in for some much needed comedy relief. Like O'Reilly, they assume you are pissed off about certain issues, but they do not pander to it, the revel in it.