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Comedy outlets like The Onion provide timely, insightful political satire. But does this brand of comedy help to delegitimize a corrupt system, or merely normalize it? We explore these issues with James Evan Pilato of MediaMonarchy.com, sample some of the funniest clips from modern news satire, and premiere James Corbett’s latest satire video on this week’s edition of The Corbett Report.
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| Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish For Unlimited Wishes | |
| Time Reference: | 02:44 |
| CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs | |
| Time Reference: | 05:27 |
| 9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says | |
| Time Reference: | 06:24 |
| O-SPAN Classic: CIA Accidentally Overthrows Costa Rica | |
| Time Reference: | 07:49 |
| Capitol Police React to Onion Satire | |
| Time Reference: | 09:40 |
| Press TV Reports The Onion’s ‘CIA Facebook Program’ Story as Fact | |
| Time Reference: | 19:23 |
| FOX thinks The Onion is Real News! | |
| Time Reference: | 10:39 |
| Onion Does “Redacted” Congressman Speech | |
| Time Reference: | 15:38 |
| Predator Drone Court-Martialed For Afghani Civilian Deaths | |
| Time Reference: | 18:39 |
| Jon “Stewart” Interviews Jim Cramer | |
| Time Reference: | 27:24 |
| Colbert Roasts Bush – 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner | |
| Time Reference: | 31:23 |
| The Chaser’s war on Everything – APEC Motorcade | |
| Time Reference: | 37:44 |
| Rick Mercer rants about rants about Canada’s absentee head of state | |
| Time Reference: | 41:20 |
| Charlie Brooker’s Screen wipe Review of the Year – 2011 | |
| Time Reference: | 43:03 |
| EMERGENCY WARNING FOR OFFICE WORKERS (NIST WTC7) | |
| Time Reference: | 50:34 |
| 9/11: A Conspiracy Theory | |
| Time Reference: | 51:33 |
| How to Foil Your Own Terror Plot | |
| Time Reference: | 56:59 |
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