I'm sure that most of you don't even notice, but The Colbert Réport consistently gets about 1½ to 2 seconds more airtime than The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Explanations vary, but the most common themes are
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- giving the new kid (Colbert) more airtime
- giving the guy who's been there longer (Colbert) more airtime
- giving our Commander-in-Chief more admiration
- the extra ad revenue pays for the Daily Show field correspondents
- counterbalancing the left-wing media bias of America's most trusted news source
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