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Annual Lowe-Lights running this Sunday! - The Lowe Down (satire)

source: blogs.trb.com

Annual Lowe-Lights running this Sunday! The Lowe Down (satire) (blog) that also ran nationally in such publications as The New York Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, Time. com, and on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. ...

Published Mon, Dec 21

Diversions: The world stops turning

source: The Daily Advertiser

But it also provides a glimpse into how news satire has changed since the advent of politically-minded TV satire like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, ...

Published Thu, Dec 17

Rightwing radio: speaking words of wisdom?

source: Examiner.com

Funny repartee and political satire can be found and its usually on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report or Bill Maher. I know they tend to be more liberal ...

Published Mon, Dec 14

Opinion: my question for ed helms: did you ask her about same-sex divorce as it relates to face-punching?

source: whatthepork (WordPress)

The boyfriend and I eventually parted ways for reasons entirely unrelated to fake news programming; however, it is worth noting that not only over the course of our four-and-a-half-year relationship did he never call me ugly, BUT, during our breakup, he also somehow managed to refrain...

Published Sat, Sep 19

Rob Corddry: The Defamer Interview [Defamer Interviews]

source: Defamer

Oh—right. Sincere. Well, after 9/11 everyone said irony and satire and sarcasm were dead, but it turned out to be a bellweather time. It ushered in a new age of irony and satire and sarcasm. For us on The Daily Show, the war was very good to us. And George Bush has been very good for my career. Now I beli...

Published Tue, Dec 9

Are Democrats Better at Political Satire Than Republicans? [Defamer Decides 2008]

source: Defamer

With the Sarah Palin-skewering SNL ascendant and the Republican-helmed satire An American Carol flailing at the box office (because of those pro-immigration chihuahuas), Boston Globe writer Lisa Wangsness has a provocative point to make: that events like these illustrate "the ext...

Published Tue, Oct 21

The Comedy Central Plan to Mock Barack: He's Too Hopeful!

source: NewsBusters.org

In a previous example of the difference between the satire Stewart directs at conservatives versus liberals, he famously referred to columnist Bob Novak as a evil "vampire demon" on the September 18, 2006 edition of "The Daily Show."

Published Wed, Oct 1

Nothing but the Truth(iness)

source: hprsite.squarespace.com

The Colbert Report and The Daily Show are significant beyond their ability to indicate the public mood; they also show that the practice of political satire is alive and well. The role of the court jester, epitomized by Colbert’s controversial in-character speech at the 2006 White House...

Published Thu, Jan 24