The greatest satirists do more than expose hypocrisy. They reshape how citizens understand power and civic responsibility.
- Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
While derision and mockery permeate airwaves and social media feeds, satire holds the key to creating a more informed, engaged electorate.
With the collapse of Al Jazeera America, there may be a case for RT America as a purveyor of progressive, alternative journalism.
Why do critiques focus on the flaws of the protesters, rather than the flawed institutions that sparked the protests in the first place?
On January 11 1999, when Jon Stewart took over as host of The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn, no one could have predicted that, 16 years later, Stewart would become an icon of satire. Under Kilborn, the…
If you were following politics over the last few election cycles, you were most likely getting some of your information from satire. In fact, research has shown that in today’s political climate, satire…
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