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New page: '''Political Satire''' is the use of humor and sarcasm to mock politics, politicians and government policy. Early political satire was often in the form of editorial cartoons, they often ...
'''Political Satire''' is the use of humor and sarcasm to mock politics, politicians and government policy.
Early political satire was often in the form of editorial cartoons, they often editorialized current events and politicians.
==Political Satire today==
Political satire has flourished in recent times and is in virtually every type of media; books, television, editorial cartoons and movies. Political satire has the advantage of not only bringing laughter out of seemingly dull proceedings, it also shows truth to power and is willing to stand up to hypocrisy in every level of government.
The Internet has been a breeding ground for all sorts of political satire, while some of it is simply blogs and is quite mediocre, others such as [[The Onion]] are quite professional.
Among the most popular political satire is [[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]] and [[Stephen Colbert|The Colbert Report]], with other comedy shows such as [[Saturday Night Live]] and [[MADtv]] also doing many political sketches.
==External links==
*[http://theonion.com The Onion]
*[http://thedailyshow.com The Daily Show with Jon Stewart] online archive
*[http://http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/index.jhtml The Colbert Report online]
[[Category:Humor]]
Early political satire was often in the form of editorial cartoons, they often editorialized current events and politicians.
==Political Satire today==
Political satire has flourished in recent times and is in virtually every type of media; books, television, editorial cartoons and movies. Political satire has the advantage of not only bringing laughter out of seemingly dull proceedings, it also shows truth to power and is willing to stand up to hypocrisy in every level of government.
The Internet has been a breeding ground for all sorts of political satire, while some of it is simply blogs and is quite mediocre, others such as [[The Onion]] are quite professional.
Among the most popular political satire is [[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]] and [[Stephen Colbert|The Colbert Report]], with other comedy shows such as [[Saturday Night Live]] and [[MADtv]] also doing many political sketches.
==External links==
*[http://theonion.com The Onion]
*[http://thedailyshow.com The Daily Show with Jon Stewart] online archive
*[http://http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/index.jhtml The Colbert Report online]
[[Category:Humor]]