Posted
8:58 AM
by Gene
Tom Friedman goes on a book tour to put his finger on America's pulse (and his book's) and to collect a few platitudes, like this:[W]hat was new for me on this tour was the number of people who also mentioned getting their news from Jon Stewart's truly funny news satire, "The Daily Show." And I am not just talking about college kids. I am talking about grandmas. Just how many people are now getting their only TV news from Comedy Central is not clear to me - but it is a lot, lot more than you think.We may not respect the Nielsens, but we can gather a few generalities from them, such as: not THAT many people watch the EDWARD R. MURROW of COMEDY, but it is exceedingly likely a fair number of
PAPER OF RE-CORD readers who are BOOK BUYERS do -- including grandmas. Whether this proves anything more than what a TRULY ESTEEMED
PAPER OF RE-CORD columnist writes is doubtful, but then I don't earn his salary or royalties.
ROMY, CAN'T you link to SOMETHING ELSE?