Know Your Audience

And good things come of it. But what happens when an unintended audience finds your message? Misinterpretation is a common phenomenon. The latest, and possibly greatest iteration? Colbert!

"Using data from an experiment, we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism."

So what do conservatives make of his discussion about the 'rumor' that Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL] is part alligator?