Gotta love when the primary source behind a blog article is “one source close to the campaign”. But what the heck, here you go anyway. From FreeMarketNews.com:
Breaking – Ron Paul on Daily Show
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 – FreeMarketNews.comPresidential candidate, Congressman Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) continues to be a “hot ticket” on nightly newscasts. On Friday, May 25, he is appearing on the Bill Maher program, “Real Time” and sources say that he may also appear on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and maybe The Colbert Report as well.
“The Daily Show seems to be wrapped up,” said one source close to the campaign. “They just have to pick a date. Colbert may be happening as well.”
The programs, on Comedy Central, have proven most popular in the last few years, spawning a kind of new media genre, “comedy news.” The hosts deal with newsworthy topics of interest, and even interview serious newsmakers, but do so in a way that makes light of the news content, treating some or much of it “for laughs.”
The programs score especially well with young people. Some polls even seem to indicate that adolescents and young adults receive more information about news and current events from such shows than from more serious venues.
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