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title: "Colbert Fans Prefer News without Views"
description: "More than seven-in-ten regular \"Colbert Report\" watchers say they prefer news delivered by sources with no apparent point of view."
date: "2011-01-14"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2011/01/14/colbert-fans-prefer-news-without-views/"
---

# Colbert Fans Prefer News without Views

When it comes to mixing news and point of view, at least seven-in-ten NPR listeners, “Colbert Report” and “Daily Show” watchers and *USA Today* readers say they want news without a point of view. At the other end of the spectrum, about 45% of the audiences regularly watching shows hosted by Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow say they want news without a point of view, while almost as many say they want news from their own perspective, according to a September 2010 Pew Research poll. Regular readers of blogs that cover news and politics are split along the same lines as the general public: 59% want news without a particular viewpoint and 29% want news from their point of view. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/report/?pageid=1795)