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 Politico | Lawmaker apparently mistakes satire for fact The Advocate John Fleming apparently fell victim to political satire spun by a website. Fleming, R-Minden, posted the fictional story as fact, denouncing the “Abortionplex” with 2000 abortion rooms, a three-story nightclub and a 10-screen multiplex theater as ... First POST: Ron Paul International Republican congressman falls victim to old Onion article |
Race, polygamy and politics: S. African comic duo stir up stereotypes CNN From race and religion jokes to polygamy gags and political spoofs, Rabinowitz and Nkonzo are using satire to help South Africans accept uncomfortable truths -- and the jokes go a long way. "I have a polygamy gag where I talk about, I wonder what love ... |
Government signals change in law to reintroduce political satire to Carnival Malta Independent Online by Annaliza Borg Culture Minister Mario de Marco said yesterday it was high time that the element of political satire was reintroduced to Carnival, and that he intends to discuss the matter with a view to making the necessary legislative changes in the ... Culture Minister expresses interest in political satire during Carnival Call for more spontaneity in carnival |
July 4 fun takes hit for booze, drugs Kennebec Journal By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com WEST ATHENS -- After 40 years of zany parades, children's kazoo bands, hippie flowers and political satire on stage at the Valley Road gravel pit, the Fourth of July in West Athens this summer will be like any ... |
 AsiaOne | Popular political satire show among apps deemed pro-N Korea AsiaOne An Army unit has ordered its troops to delete some smartphone applications that are deemed pro-North Korean, including one for a popular political satire podcast show, officials said Friday. A subordinate unit of the Army Logistics Command last Tuesday ... |
UCF Student Starts Popular Political Satire Website KnightNews.com The popular political satire website called TheWashingtonFancy.com has already made headlines in DC publications and has received attention from across the country. Noah Miller, a junior at the University of Central Florida, got the idea to start the ... |
Forget the Super Bowl: Which Political Ad Was the All-Time MVP? AdAge.com In one of the first political ads to use satire to go after an opponent, ads for the campaign of Mitch McConnell featured bloodhounds desperately searching for "missing" incumbent Senator Dee Huddleston, as the narrator detailed all the junkets he took ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Why Ed Miliband is bound to like his cracking caricature Telegraph.co.uk Despite the Wallace comparison, Miliband is probably doomed; he doesn't stand for anything of political importance. Satire, though, has never been more important. It might not make a lot of difference – I don't think it's ever changed a policy – but it ... |
 LifeHealthPro | Do Your Homework LifeHealthPro You would think that in an environment such as Washington, the very first thing any legislator would do is familiarize him- or herself with every source of satire and political comedy just to make sure one doesn't wander into their crosshairs by ... |
 Politico | “Racist” Super Bowl Political Ad Under Fire China Digital Times “I think the viewer of an ad is going to recognize satire. … I wouldn't agree of the characterization [of the ad] as racial.” Fox News Political Analyst Juan Williams sees the ad as a wasted opportunity for Hoekstra and not great publicity for the ... Pete "Spendalot" Hoekstra Super Bowl 'China' ad from Pete Hoekstra panned by bloggers Hoekstra defends racially-charged Super Bowl ad |
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