Key facts
- The Daily Show host questioned the intelligence of the country.
- The host linked the perceived decline in intelligence to a lack of reading.
During an episode of The Daily Show, the host posed a rhetorical question about the perceived decline in the country's intelligence, stating, 'How did this country get so stupid? Oh, that's right. We stopped reading books.' The remark was framed within a broader political context, though specific details of the political panic or the mention of Spencer Pratt were not elaborated upon in the provided text.