re: #23 ralphieboy

It is a shame that the brutal irony of this report is lost on so many people who really need to get it.

The Irony of Satire
Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report

Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert’s political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements.

Do not misunderestimate them.