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The Comedy Behind the News

Politics, Comedy, Media: They Put the "Human" in "Humanity"

Elliott Kalan | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

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Elliott Kalan

Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to hold a Writers Guild of America, East event at Washington, D.C.'s Newseum examining the relationship betwee...

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Comedy and Politics: Together Forever

Caissie St. Onge | Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

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Caissie St. Onge

The best comedy will shine a light on politics while holding up a magnifying glass until politics tries to run away or catches on fire. Metaphorically speaking.

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Race and American Comedy

Sabiyha Prince | Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

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Sabiyha Prince

What about the black political variety on U.S. television? To whom have Richard Pryor and Dick Gregory passed the baton of African American comedic observation?

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Why We Care About Comedy

Lowell Peterson | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Writers Guild of America, News and Comedy, Newseum, WGA East, Wga, The Comedy Behind the News, Comedy News
Lowell Peterson

We thought folks inside the Beltway might benefit from a little writerly enlightenment, so we have organized an event at Newseum including a panel discussion of politics, comedy and the news (and various combinations thereof).

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For the Love of Blog, We Need Hard News

Linda Villarosa | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

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Linda Villarosa

Can blogs, Jon Stewart, news consolidators, Saturday Night Live, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter replace "real" journalism? Not if our lives depend on it.

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