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	<title><![CDATA[The Obama Administration vs. Political Comedy]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-dupuy/the-obama-administration_b_144647.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Is political comedy <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4A97IX20081110?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=politicsNews">in trouble</a>? Will there be no funny in the future with an Obama administration? Is Barack Obama bad for comedy? </p>

<p>Disregard all the non-comedians' fears that Saturday Night Live will go the way of Circuit City. Ignore all the yammers about how Barack Obama is bad for the professionally funny. Forget them all. These are the same prognosticators who said irony was dead after 9/11. Yes, <a href="http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/09/25/irony_lives/print.html">they said that</a>. The terrorists killed irony. Try even...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-19T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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