Reply #9: Here at DU, actually

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Kidnapped it immediately! I use it instead of my normal sig graphic when I've got my snark on. And here are my takes on Rethug humor. Once again, our thinking dovetails beautifully:

...I've come to realize that when Stewart and Colbert claim to be in the fake news business, they're faking. The method in their madness is that they simply point out how fake the REAL news is.

Last night's TDS (featured a)...segment about how CNN turned...Anna Nicole Smith's..."Fridge of Death" into an investigation of the contents of the CNN break rooms refrigerator, followed by a segment on a group who likes to swim in the northern Atlantic (in the winter)...The story that's supposed to be "real" news feels fake; the story that sounds like it must be fake is real. And THAT'S why we laugh--even when it's the Dems who get skewered...

The Half Hour News Hour...seems to believe Stewart and Colbert are funny because they spend most of their time insulting conservatism. It tries to retaliate by insulting liberalism, but nobody's laughing--why? It's because The Half Hour News Hour is rooted in fake news. It can't condemn liberalism without exposing its own sins, so it can't help but congeal into a cringe-inducing caricature of neocon media. I mean, where does Fox News get off poking fun of Obama's media hype when they just finished trying to destroy him with a FALSE story that they STILL haven't retracted?

Actually, Fox satirizes the news quite well--during their regular programming!


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