Informed by Colbert and Stewart?

NEW YORK Who needs news when there’s “news”? Twenty-four percent of respondents to a Rasmussen Reports poll agreed that TV shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (pictured) are “taking the place of traditional news outlets.” Fewer than half (45 percent) disagreed, while the rest were unsure.

And people don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing. Thirty-nine percent of respondents to the poll (conducted last weekend) believe such programs make Americans “more informed” about current events, outnumbering the 21 percent who think the shows make people “less informed.

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