Originally Posted by Arroe

Ah, the reason you came to this conclusion is because viewers of the Daily Show are ussually more interested in political events and happenings anyways so there is a lurking variable there. Since TDS is focussed around politics, the viewers probably already know some about what's going on. Viewers of CNN might be looking to see how the market is doing or what the weather is like, and might be less interested in politics. Taking this into consideration, we can see how these statistics are slightly unfair.