Another man-on-the-street skit makes everyday Americans look dumb
By Jessica Reynolds
I'm sure by now you've seen the Jimmy Kimmel man-on-the-street skit where a camera crew asked random passersby if they prefer Obamacare of the Affordable Care Act. If not, watch below.
Unaware Obamacare and the ACA are in fact just different names for the same thing, most interviewees say they prefer the ACA because -- duh, as its title suggests -- it's affordable.
Just like the countless other man-on-the-street skits of late-night comedy shows past, this exists to give informed viewers a chance to feel superior and shake their heads at the subjects' extreme ignorance. Assuming these folks are not actors, you do wonder how they lived the past three years without realizing "Obamacare" and "Affordable Care Act" can be, and are, used interchangably. The clip also makes you wonder how many other folks out there are equally unplugged from current events.
It'd be nice if the illogical fear of one day being stopped on the street by a late-night comedy show camera crew would prompt more people to seek out *factual* (key word here) information, but I suppose there are other reasons besides pure laziness that explain why so many are ill-informed. However, I find it hard to sympathize when we live in the age of internet and smartphones, when many people have an infinite amount of knowledge constantly at their fingertips.