Political Satire

Daniel O’Brien is the head writer and creative director of video for cracked.com. He wrote an article on his website (leading up to his book “How to Fight Presidents”) and found out the hard way that you should not google the weaknesses of a living president without expecting a visit from secret service agents who are immune to the charms of comedians. O’Brien has been with the website Cracked since 2007 or as he claims “before they were cool” (O’Brien). Comedians who read O’Brien’s article aren’t just random members of the community they take part in. They are the ones who are attracted to the politics and history of our country and attempt to create jokes that revolve around current and precious political events. Having been with Cracked …show more content…
Both authors are trying to reach out to communities constructed by comedians that specifically use satire to strengthen their …show more content…
While M.S. Mason was explaining the importance and lasting impact the Simpsons had on television, to teach others through an academic database. Satire combines the logic of the facts presented with the emotion that fires the writers behind the piece. The comedians that use satire want to hold the attention of viewers by showing them the silly aspects of society. In order to do show these aspects of society, rhetorical devices allow the writing to put two things close together with contrasting effect (juxtaposition), exaggerating to extreme lengths to show a complete impossibility (adynaton), and questions that are asked that are created to be pondered (rhetorical questions).The word comedian has been used to define people who use political satire. In order to use satire to perpetuate the idea of being a member of the comedian community, O’Brien and Mason compare, exaggerate and question their thoughts using humor to ridicule political