Posted on 10/26/2010 12:03:51 PM PDT by Justaham
Talk show host Jon Stewart was crowned the most influential man of 2010 on Tuesday, heading a list of 49 men who all swayed public opinion and were described as rule-breakers to some degree in a time of recession.
Stewart, who will host President Barack Obama on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" this week before holding a "Rally to Restore Sanity" at the weekend, claimed the No. 1 spot in an annual survey of about 500,000 readers of AskMen (http://www.askmen.com), a men's lifestyle website.
He was followed by Microsoft's Bill Gates while Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking site Facebook, came in third place. Apple co-founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs came fourth.
"We noticed the rule-breaking trend because it spans a lot of industries," James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen, told Reuters.
He said this extended to people like musician Kanye West who ranked fifth, and actor James Franco at seventh, who proved he was more than just a movie star by enrolling in graduate programs and writing a book.
Number 48 on the list was Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who stormed off his job with some profanities and a dramatic exit down an inflated emergency chute, winning widespread admiration.
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Why is it a major barf alert? It’s likely true.
why not? he’s on teevee.
many americans, perhaps a majority of Young Voters (tm) prefer fake news from a fake newsman.
Jon Stewart is not even the most influential man of the last 15 minutes...
And this is reason number 554 that the Republic is teetering on the brink of collapse.
This is just another annual pastime like the awards shows. Not to be taken seriously.
For my own part, I’d like to know which studies and polls it was that asserted the under-forty set all makes “The Daily Show” their primary “news” source. I have my doubts that Jon Stewart is the most trusted man in hipsterdom news.
So, Stewart’s dissatisfaction with Democrats is suppressing the Democratic vote and that is the reason the Democrats are headed to defeat in the mid-terms?
Jon Stewart is the left’s answer to Rush Limbaugh.
So who is?
You think this is true and it doesn’t make you barf?
Influential to who, a bunch of stoned college kids sitting around the dorm?
So who do you think “the most influential man of 2010” is?
How convenient, and right before the insanity rally. Gollee, these oddities just keep happening!
I hope he uses a lot of that influence getting his band of leftists and commies a pot to pee in for the rally.
Charlie Sheen
Okay, so he's supposedly swayed public opinion and that's why the GOP is about to have a landslide victory?
Like it or not late night TV drives public opinion. Stewart and Leno and Letterman say George W Bush is an idiot...it becomes commonly accepted fact. Stewart, Leno and Letterman say Barack Obama is the messiah...he wins handily. Look I’m no fan of Stewart. I’ve never watched his show. But to deny the truth because you don’t like him or don’t like his opinions is simply sticking your head in the sand.
Is this from the Onion?
Is this from the Onion?
Okay...ya got me there.
I find the timing of this release suspect. Isn’t this Saturday when Stewart is holding his “rally” in DC? Well how would it look if after the numbers at that rally are dwarfed by the numbers of Beck’s rally...and then they announced he was the “most influential.” All I’m saying is that IMO, they had to get this out, quick, before this weekend’s rally.
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