Judging solely by the amount of media attention it got, you'd think The Daily Show, when the vaunted Jon Stewart was host, was the most-watched show of the 21st Century. You'd be wrong. It rarely made the top 100 rated shows of the week. Yes, you heard that right. '''''The Daily Show, even with Jon Stewart as host, routinely garnered fewer viewers than reruns of Family Guy'' on the Cartoon Network.''' Yet when Stuart spoke, the media listened, even though the people didn't.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Judging solely by the amount of media attention it got, you'd think The Daily Show, when the vaunted Jon Stewart was host, was the most-watched show of the 21st Century. You'd be wrong. It rarely made the top 100 rated shows of the week. Yes, you heard that right. '''''The Daily Show, even with Jon Stewart as host, routinely garnered fewer viewers than reruns of Family Guy'' on the Cartoon Network.''' Yet when Stuart spoke, the media listened, even though the people didn't." in the context of "Derek Hunter, Outrage, Inc.: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood (2018, Harper Collins)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.