re: Colbert talks about match fixing with guest Alexi Lalas

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Yes I do but I just don't like him or Stewart because of their shows and how many people do watch their shows and take them serious as if it were REAL reporting.

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There are some people that do this, but I think the vast majority of Stewart and Colbert's viewership watches it for entertainment purposes. I would even estimate that half of the Daily Show (and a good bit of Colbert) is just spoofing of other cable news outlets for their ridiculous content. If I see Colbert and Stewart discussing a news story of which I'm uninformed, I'll usually go to an online source to research more into it.

Stewart and Colbert are exceptionally gifted comedians, and both fully realize their lowly place in the political spectrum. At the height of the Glenn Beck fear mongering circa 2010, Stewart even joked about how sad it was that more people were tuning into his comedy show for "reasoned" discussion.