Poll: Americans prefer Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart over conservative pundits
The results are in: Jon Stewart is America's favorite pundit.
A new Reuters/Ipsos online poll of 2,013 adults found that more than half of respondents agreed with Stewart on "some" issues, and just 12 percent of respondents didn't agree with him on any issues. That's a lot better than most conservative pundits fared in the poll — only 34 percent of respondents agreed with Rush Limbaugh, for example.
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In addition to being the most agreed-with pundit, Stewart also tied with Stephen Colbert as the most-admired pundit. Rush Limbaugh, meanwhile, was the least admired. Among conservative pundits, Bill O'Reilly fared best overall in the poll, with 43 percent of viewers saying they agreed with him on some issues.
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