What More Airstrikes Will Mean For Islamic State: Interview with journalist...
Sky News talks to author and journalist Jürgen Todenhoefer who spent 10 days embedded with Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria last year. (Sky News) Former ISIS Hostage Says Airstrikes On Syria...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Top Financial Supporter Now Controls “The Onion”
Jon Schwarz reports for The Intercept: Onion staffers may think twice before they produce more stories like Hillary Clinton Tries To Woo Voters By Rescinding Candidacy, Hillary Clinton To Nation: ‘Do...
View ArticleFirst Female Dictator Hailed As Step Forward For Women
This 2009 video from The Onion is what some of Hillary Clinton’s most ardent and narrow minded supporters sound like.Filed under: Satire/Comedy, The Clintons, U.S. Elections, USA, Women
View ArticleJohn Oliver Goes After Donald Trump On Last Week Tonight
John Oliver dedicated his entire show this week to decimating Donald Trump John Oliver annihilates Donald Trump: He’s a ‘bullsh*t artist selling a sh*tty lifestyle’ John Oliver’s Plan to Ruin Trump’s...
View ArticleSorry Bernie Bros, Your Candidate Just Doesn’t Have The Foreign Policy...
Marie Schade writes for Click Hole: All election long, I’ve seen post after post from rabid “Bernie Bros” ecstatically trumpeting the enlightened policies of Senator Bernie Sanders. You can find them...
View ArticleJohn Oliver on Brexit
John Oliver on Brexit: ‘Britain would be absolutely crazy to leave’ the EU John Oliver Makes the Case Against Brexit While Insulting Europe As Much As Possible Filed under: European Union,...
View ArticleYes, Minister: Why Britain Joined the European Union
Filed under: European Union, Satire/Comedy, UK, UK Politics/Society
View ArticleCassetteboy vs The Snoopers’ Charter
If you’re not worried about the Investigatory Powers Bill (aka the Snoopers’ Charter), you don’t know enough about it. Visit https://www.privacyinternational.org and join the campaign against new...
View ArticleJonathan Pie: Mr Angry of TV comedy severs links with RT
Vanessa Thorpe reports for The Observer: […] Jonathan Pie, the foul-mouthed creation of actor Tom Walker, has become an internet sensation since the success of his short comic films in which his...
View ArticleAre We Living in a Golden Age of Stunt Journalism?
Zach Schonfeld writes for Newsweek: […] A decade ago, stunts like this might have been fodder for a reality show, like Fear Factor or maybe Jackass. Today, the Jackasses are just as likely to be...
View ArticleCharlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe
Writer and broadcaster Charlie Brooker takes a satirical look back at the events of the past 12 months. (BBC)Filed under: Media/Journalism, Satire/Comedy
View ArticleTrump’s Tax Returns Were Released By… Trump?
Stephen Colbert pokes fun at Rachel Maddow for making a complete hash of her apparent scoop regarding President Trump’s tax returns. (The Late Show) Trump Denies Leaking His Taxes: ‘I Have No Idea...
View ArticleDid South Park Accidentally Invent the Alt-Right?
Janan Ganesh writes for the Financial Times: […] After a scatological start, South Park found its voice as a satire of the liberal left. It made joke figures of Barbra Streisand, Bono, Alec Baldwin,...
View ArticleThe Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump
Charles Bethea reports for The New Yorker: In January, 2013, Donald Trump’s special counsel, Michael Cohen, sent a letter to the Onion. The satirical online newspaper, whose Latin motto is Tu Stultus...
View ArticleThe Stephen Colbert Gay Joke Row is a Repulsively Cynical Ploy by Far-Right...
Lindy West writes for The Guardian: […] It’s important for progressives to have in-group conversations about how we talk about our political enemies and the people who hurt us. It matters (and it’s...
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