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.