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I wouldn't, for the same reason I wouldn't lump Jon Stewart in with news reporters. One's just trying to make you laugh, the other has a point.

• sliverstorm 13y ago
  Jon Stewart isn't a news reporter, but I'd still lump him in with "news". Satire has limited meaning when taken outside the scope of its source material.
  • diminoten 13y ago
    That's all well and good, but it doesn't change the fact that the saitre is meant to make you laugh, whereas political commentary is meant to express a view. One may do the other, but to lump them together is a grave mistake.
    • sliverstorm 13y ago
      It sounds like you are under the illusion that political satire has no agenda.
      • diminoten 13y ago
        Again, that's all well and good, but it still doesn't change the fact that the satire is meant to make you laugh, whereas political commentary is meant to express a view.
        • sliverstorm 13y ago
          satire is meant to make you laugh ... and also to express a view. If you understand that, I don't understand how you can view satire as purely entertainment and completely a-political.