Was there a "Jay Leno effect" in 2003 California recall?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. The only thing I "got" from him is that his only real principle...

... was to be popular and seem nice, which made me want to puke.

I prefer comedians like John Oliver and Stephen Colbert far more than the likes of Leno. When something outrageous happens in the news, they treat it as such.

I can only imagine Leno's monologue after the Jan. 6th insurrection, if he was still a TV host. Probably something like this, to help him avoid being viewed as "one-sided":

So did you hear about what happened at the Capitol today? Democrats are very upset about it, of course. And they've also been critical of HOW it was done, saying that the Trump supporters didn't do it right because they didn't even steal TV sets during their break in.

As John Oliver said about Leno, "You Can Go F*ck Yourself."
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/john-oliver-calls-out-jay-leno-civility-slut-shaming-lewinsky-1202051737/