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In this book, Curt Hersey explores the history of U.S. media, demonstrating how news parody has entertained television audiences by satirizing political and soc

Ever since Newton Minow taught us sophisticates to bemoan the descent of television into a vast wasteland, the dyspeptic chorus of jeremiahs who insist that tel

This is the first in-depth look at the development of the television newscast, the most popular source of news for over forty-five years.During the 1940s, most

In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentar

In a time when increasing numbers of people are tuning out the nightly news and media consumption is falling, the late-night comedians have become some of the m