Summary
Imitation can be the sincerest form of mockery.
Watching reports on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," it's often possible to believe these send-ups are straight TV news. They look that authentic. In some cases - as in Stewart's droll comparisons of alleged misrepresentations about Iraq by Vice President Dick Cheney - they're smarter than what passes for network news.See the full content of this document
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Satirists Poke at Media Templates
Ours is a mass-duplication, digital-replicant age, and some of the sharpest humor of the past decade has involved just such pitch- perfect caricature. The...
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