Bill Toomey

The power of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart isn't their ability to connect "both sides" it's their ability to appeal to the masses. While I often disagree with them there are plenty of folks out there who start their consumption of the news with the Daily Show and the Colber Report.

I don't think Stewart or Colbert are necessarily listened too by policy makers - but they are listened to by a vast portion of the people. That said, I often wish we could hear more from them on Net Neutrality, Video Game Violence, and other tech topics if only to get the people invested in these issues.

They create buzz and that's very important today. Many people don't know what's going on and others just don't care. A push from this section of the media could do alot to change that.