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Want to be informed? Watch the Daily Show

Oh yeah. Eat it O’Reilly. Stoned slackers my butt.

Turns out that viewers of the Daily Show are more on top of issues than other audiences:

While viewers of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” and CBS’ “The Late Show” scored better than the general public, Stewart’s fans came out on top.

Forty-nine percent of Leno and Letterman viewers got a perfect score on the quiz.

But 60 percent of “Daily Show” viewers answered all six questions correctly.

Just 42 percent of those who read a newspaper four days a week aced the test. Only 40 percent of those who watch network news four days a week got every answer right.

But here’s the best part:

Comedy Central was waiting for news like this. On September 17, Stewart appeared on Bill O’Reilly’s “The O’Reilly Factor” only to be told his viewers are “stoned slackers” and “dopey kids.”

“You know what’s really frightening?” O’Reilly asked Stewart. “You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it’s true.”

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“Daily Show” viewers are 78 percent more likely than the average adult to have four or more years of college education, while O’Reilly’s audience is only 24 percent more likely to have that much schooling.

Plus, the network noted, “Daily Show” viewers are 26 percent more likely to have a household income more than $100,000, while O’Reilly’s audience is only 11 percent more likely to make that much money.

This has seriously made my day. Made my week.

I’m absolutely %$#@ing giddy over this.

Though I need to investigate why I’m not in the 100k+/yr crowd. I really think I should be.

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