When I was browsing the Huffington Post I came across an article referring to Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's rally coming up on October 30th. I know that the two have been trying to garner support for awhile and they have been using the power of their shows to do it, but what I think will really help them is Oprah.
The Daily Show and the Colbert Report only reach a select audience of late night viewers who tune in to watch that kind of satirical show. The Oprah Show reaches another type of audience that views in the afternoon for more soft news. The reason Oprah will help them is due to the fact that she announced her decision to give flights and hotel accommodations to the audience of the Daily Show so that they can go to the rally. She will inevitably mention this gift, and her support, on her show. That will allow another section of society to 1) know about the show and 2) either attend or watch the rally.
The story can be found here, and I personally think the reason Colbert and Stewart are trying to garner this much publicity is they want to out do Glenn Beck. Why, I don't know, but that is my belief. I think that by having the power of Oprah behind them will help them immensely.
The link to the video is here and I highly recommend watching it as it is very entertaining. Colbert and Stewart feed off of each other and I am not sure that is a good thing or not.
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That was hilarious. You are completely right that they feed off of each other. Its an interesting point you bring about trying to out do Glen Beck. It's certainly viable since I'm sure they dislike him greatly. They all know Oprah is a great way to get more people to support them. I mean seriously anyone who is anyone has Oprah on their side. It's great that they want to do one big great rally instead of two separate ones. Prime example of how the media can bring more and more people on one side.
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