A recent study shows increasing numbers of people get their political news from late night television. The NewsHour Media Unit is funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. They're moving all the trees away from the Staples Center. I guess one of the workmen accidentally grabbed Al Gore by the ankles. Television's late-night comedians are tickling the national funny bone this election year with a steady diet of biting political humor.
Nothing is sacred and the comics are equal-opportunity offenders.
Well, the Republican Party descended on Philadelphia and ushered in a new century. Unfortunately, it was the 18th century. Politics has long provided grist for the late-night mill, but political comedy is a bumper crop this election year. The public is not only laughing, it's listening. A recent Pew Research center survey shows that some 50 percent of those questioned say they regularly or sometimes glean information about the candidates from late night comedy.