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Tag: Satire

Not all political comedy is equal – how comics can either...

Sophia A. McClennen, Penn State Biden is old. Trump has weird hair. Biden mangles the English language. Trump barely...

4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence...

Stephen Skalicky, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of...

Too many people think satirical news is real

R. Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University; Robert Bond, The Ohio State University, and Shannon Poulsen, The Ohio State University In July, the website Snopes...

Mad Magazine’s clout may have faded, but its ethos matters more...

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine Mad Magazine is still hanging on. In April, it launched a reboot, jokingly calling it its “first issue.” But in...

For a primer on how to make fun of Nazis, look...

Kevin Hagopian, Pennsylvania State University White nationalists and neo-Nazis are having their moment. Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke is back, yet again,...

EXPLORING NATURE

Hemingway, after the hurricane

Verna Kale, Penn State The 2024 hurricane season has been especially disastrous, and the casualties and widespread damage from...