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Used to read Private Eye in the 90’s as a teenager. I thought they were a satire mag - what is their interest in these kind of stories?
by greggsy 3y ago
Used to read Private Eye in the 90’s as a teenager. I thought they were a satire mag - what is their interest in these kind of stories?
- jaymzcampbell 3y agoThey have always had a strong slant on investigative journalism. The whole back section (and quite a lot of the front tbh too) fall into that. The writing can still be acerbic but the journalism is hard hitting. They continue to honour one of their very earliest columnists with "The Private Eye Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism". It's a big part of the magazine. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-award https://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-award
- tialaramex 3y agoIt may be that you didn't understand what satire is? If everything is fine, satire is redundant. This sort of investigative journalism is closely allied to the work of the satirist.
- lostlogin 3y agoThe tv comedy show ‘Have I Got News For You’ covers much of the same ground. It’s a good show if you like (their) politics.
- bloqs 3y agoWell one of the panel hosts is the editor of the private eye
- peterfirefly 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Canard_encha%C3%AEn%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Canard_encha%C3%AEn%C3%A9 Satirical papers aren't always about fun and jokes -- the good ones often break important stories before the serious papers. They often use code to write things they would otherwise be sued for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tired_and_emotional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tired_and_emotional
- Angostura 3y agoThey have been reporting on this story extensively for years.