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Old August 28th 08, 01:36 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
D Peter Maus D Peter Maus is offline
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Dave wrote:
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:58:17 +0000, D Peter Maus wrote:


Satire is not reportage of fact.

Credibility is not a function of effective satire. It's a
function of accuracy of reported fact.


For humor to work there needs to be an underlying truth.




There's a difference between underlying truth in satire and
factual reportage. If you don't get that......