Dave wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
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......


I'm sure I get it way better than you do. I am an award winning news
producer and I used to do drive-time humorous talk radio, back in the
Golden Age of FM. The court jester could mock the king and keep his
head-old tradition.


You DON"T get it. The issue is not whether satire is a valid form
of presentation, the issue is whether a satirist is a credible
source of news.

To get back to your original assertion, Jon Stewart is a
satirist. Not a reporter. He deals in perspective. He presents HIS
perspective. He doesn't report facts.

A clown may base his act on facts. But he is not a factual source.