Jon Stewart More Influential Than Glenn Beck?

Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” in conjunction with Stephen Colbert’s “March to Keep Fear Alive” this Saturday may be the biggest “non-political” event to occur in our nation’s capitol since Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally held this past summer.  Just like Beck’s timing of planning his rally on the same day as Dr. Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech, Stewart insists that it’s merely coincidence that his rally is planned for right before the mid-term elections. 

Really?  Unsolicited Drivel asked one professor of media studies from the University of Irony for an opinion who told us, “You have to do serious research and have a vast amount of background knowledge to do satire, otherwise it’s not relevant.  Audiences realize that when they are watching Jon Stewart, they will not be subjected merely to the opinions of a hack.  In fact, I’d have to define those who offer solely opinions, like Glenn Beck, to personify the definition of ‘hack.’  I’d like to think that even with under-funded schools, most Americans are still smart enough to tell the difference.  I hope this Saturday will be proof of my theory and will lead to an election day that won’t be merely an exercise of which candidate manipulates emotions the best.”