Satire in a time of partisanship
April Austin
Contributor
From Voltaire to Joseph Heller, writers have used satire to skewer institutions and individuals. Historian Barbara Tuchman observed that 鈥淪atire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.鈥�
The subversive nature of satire has long made it a favorite tool of the powerless and of those wishing to humble the mighty. Not surprisingly, many politicians and leaders do not see the humor, and they take issue with these purveyors of parody, believing instead that they are being mocked.
The Monitor鈥檚 Stephen Humphries writes today about the end of 鈥淭he Late Show With Stephen Colbert鈥� as a moment when political satire has become increasingly partisan.
