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satire stories: 42 news summaries

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 What Now, Jon?

Jokes about Obama may not fly with left-leaning host, audience of The Daily Show

Nov 8, 08 2:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Yes, satirists and late-night comics seem to have trouble finding Obama jokes, but they'll survive, writes Dan Kois in New York magazine. What worries Kois is that his beloved Daily Show may not be so fortunate. Jon Stewart and crew simply may not have it in their hearts to take... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • President Obama

OPINION

He's Not Just Black, He's Skinny!

Colson Whitehead on the improbable triumph of a thin man

Nov 6, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - “Yesterday morning, I woke up to a new world,” writes Colson Whitehead in the New York Times. “America had elected a Skinny Black Guy president. I never thought I’d see the day.” Whitehead says the racial barrier is nothing compared to the marginalization beanpoles like... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • overweight • Election 2008 • President Obama

(Newser) - The Onion, bucking a 20-year trend, plans to cover tomorrow's election results in something resembling real time, the AP reports. The "satirical newspaper of record" and its website have prepared articles and videos in advance, requiring long hours unfamiliar to its writers. “It has become sort of... More »

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newspaper • satire • comedy • writer • The Onion • Election 2008 • media coverage • Joe Randazzo

TV REVIEW

 Chocolate News Could 
 Fill Chappelle Void 

Grier counters Comedy Central's 'vanilla' news satires

Oct 15, 08 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedy Central may have found a Dave Chappelle-worthy replacement in David Alan Grier, Paul Farhi writes in the Washington Post. His Chocolate News is a “wholly inappropriate—and riotiously funny” 60 Minutes-style program in which Grier offers the news in “Lou Dobbsean rant” and mocks such figures as... More »

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television • Barack Obama • satire • comedy • Dave Chappelle • Comedy Central • The Daily Show • David Allen Grier • David Alan Grier • Chocolate News

MOVIE PREVIEW

 Stone's W. 
 Aims for 
 the Center 

Portrait of the president is for the 60% of folks with an 'open mind'

Sep 24, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oliver Stone is looking to attract the political center with his new movie, W., about the life our 43rd president, USA Today reports. The film, a satirical biopic starring Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, is neither hagiography or damning indictment. “I'm not interested in that radical... More »

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satire • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • movies • George W. Bush • biopic

Opinion

 George W. Bush:
 Motivational Speaker

The Decider knows how to put a sunny spin on anything!

Aug 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - “There are many things George W. Bush should do after his presidency,” writes Joel Stein of the LA Times, “most of which involve apologizing.” But since that’s not the Decider’s style, Stein has another career suggestion: motivational speaker. No one knows how to... More »

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satire • Joel Stein • motivational speaker • the Decider • George W. Bush

GOP Parodies Obama's Facebook Page

'Barackbook'
highlights candidate's
controversial 'friends'

Jul 30, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is lampooning Barack Obama's popular Facebook page with something it calls Barackbook. The fake Facebook clone features a frowning Obama whose status reads "hoping to settle on an Iraq policy before November," Wired reports. In addition, the imaginary FriendFeed highlights controversial figures associated with the... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Internet • satire • GOP • Facebook • presidential politics • Election 2008 • controversy

 VF Spoof Bumps New Yorker 

McCain's on a walker while Cindy cradles drugs in Vanity Fair illustration

Jul 23, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vanity Fair has taken a jab at the New Yorker, posting a spoof of the magazine’s controversial Barack Obama cover on its website. VF’s "cover" shows a doddering John McCain gripping a walker and fist-bumping his wife, Cindy, who cradles a pile of prescription drugs. In the... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • Michelle Obama • New Yorker magazine • Vanity Fair

OPINION

Obama Cover Misses Point of Satire

It supported a lunatic idea, without slamming an established one

Jul 20, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The now-infamous New Yorker cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Muslim extremists rankled readers because it is not satire, Lee Siegel argues in the New York Times. Satire tackles "social rottenness once it has become a visible and established part of life," writes Siegel. But the New ... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • Michelle Obama • New Yorker magazine

OPINION

Pundits Cringe at 'Irony Deficiency' in Cartoon Flap

Cynicism has killed satire, perhaps even humor altogether, in post 9/11 age

Jul 15, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many writers are scratching their heads at the incensed reactions provoked by the New Yorker’s Obamas-as-terrorists cover. Here’s some rebuttal:
  • Liberals “have come to regard all images or texts that contain negative stereotypes as too politically dangerous to run,” Gary Kamiya writes in Salon. “
... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • New Yorker magazine • racism • cartoon

Obama Camp Rips New Yorker Caricature

'Offensive' drawing features Barack in turban, rifle-toting wife

Jul 14, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign has ripped an "offensive" New Yorker cover illustration depicting the candidate in a turban, fist-bumping his afro-sporting, AK-47-toting wife, Politico reports. The cover, intended by the magazine to lampoon the cartoonish image of Obama propagated by some of his right-wing critics, has sparked a flurry of... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • New Yorker magazine • turbans

GLOSSIES

Choose Your Own Adventure, This American Life Style

Radar makes funny at the expense of Ira Glass' popular franchise

Jun 29, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - This American Life, providing "a valuable census of liberal America's cultural consciousness since 1996," comes in for a little ribbing from Walker Boyd in Radar. Boyd  spoofs Ira Glass's radio and TV narratives with a Mad Libs-type story generator. Now "your dreams of Ira narrating some touching... More »

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satire • Ira Glass • This American Life • Mad Libs

OPINION

 Is Franken 
 Too Vulgar 
 for Politics? 

Pundit thinks funnyman-turned-politician's 'satire' reinforces system's failures

Jun 18, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Franken was cracking tasteless jokes for decades before entering politics, but it may be his opponent in the Minnesota Senate race who'll be accused of coarsening debate if he dares to brings them up, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. Franken calls his work "provocative, touching, and... More »

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satire • Senate • comedy • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken

SNL Launches Political
Satire Site

Site serves as storehouse of show's long-running satire

May 9, 08 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live has unveiled a new website to showcase the program’s political humor, Broadcasting and Cable reports. Visitors can check out clips of the show’s political sketches and candidate appearances at http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/politics, or vote for their favorite president/candidate impersonator—dating back from Dana Carvey's... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • politics • satire • humor

Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

Jokes funny only if audience is already up on current events

May 9, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Claims that young people get more news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show than from traditional sources are bunk, a journalism think-tank has concluded after examining a year's worth of episodes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that while the comedy show had much of the same content as new... More »

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satire • news • Hardball • journalism • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show

All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

From a Wisconsin dorm to a NYC highrise, satirical newspaper's key lies in lies

Mar 2, 08 4:51 PM CST
(Newser) - When a wisecracking newspaper was born in a Wisconsin dorm room in 1988, no one predicted it would one day be installed in sleek Manhattan offices, producing fake print and television news, and rolling in dough. But the Onion's president isn’t surprised, CBS reports. The paper “attracts... More »

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newspaper • New York City • satire • online newspapers • The Onion • podcasts • video podcasts • University of Wisconsin Madison • Sean Mills • Scott Dikkers

Ferrell to Stump This Fall, But Only Onstage

Comedian plans candidate character for upcoming solo show

Jan 19, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Will Ferrell is working on a one-man show that could hit Broadway this fall, and he may focus the routine on an interactive bit starring a mock presidential candidate, Politico reports. The onetime "Saturday Night Live" George Bush doppelganger plans to incorporate a stump speech, question-and-answer session, and political... More »

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theater • satire • Broadway • fringe candidates • Will Ferrell • solo show

Paris Sues Hallmark Over Card

Heiress objects to use of her trademarked 'that's hot' catchphrase

Sep 8, 07 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps losing her cool, Paris Hilton is suing Hallmark for swiping her registered 'that's hot' catchphrase and plopping it, along with her face and name, on a greeting card. The heiress is demanding at least $100,000 in damages for the heist without her consent, CNNMoney reports, but Hallmark says... More »

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satire • Paris Hilton • lawsuit • heiress • Hallmark • trademark

Aussie Comics Penetrate Tight Sydney Security

Fake Osama, other pranksters mock Bush, embarrass police

Sep 6, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only one was dressed as Osama bin Laden, but all 11 eleven members of an Australian comedy troupe were arrested in Sydney today after they posed as a Canadian delegation and drove through two security checkpoints near President Bush’s hotel. The stunt was an embarrassment to Sydney police, who... More »

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Australia • satire • Canada • Asia • Osama bin Laden • Sydney • comics • George W. Bush

Fake Steve Jobs Blogger Outed

Times tracks down Forbes editor behind
popular lampoon

Aug 6, 07 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times has tracked down the identity of the mystery writer behind a popular satirical site posing as the personal blog of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The musings of "Fake Steve" have lampooned Silicon Valley, industry bigwigs and Jobs himself. “I’m stunned that it’s... More »

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Steve Jobs • satire • Apple • blog

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