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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on May 21, 2025. (John McDonnell/Getty Images))

Brendan Carr betrays free speech

Austin Sarat
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (left) and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (right) (Photo illustration by Salon / Bettmann / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Colbert wasn’t CBS’s first sacrifice

Sophia A. McClennen
Seth Meyers, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/TBS/John Filo/CBS/Lloyd Bishop/NBC/HBO)

Comedy in the time of the coronavirus

Sophia A. McClennen
Samantha Bee (AP/Evan Agostini)

Sam Bee offers "sex ed" class to GOPers

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC/AP/Illustration by Salon)

Trump vs SNL is a standalone show now

Sophia A. McClennen
"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee;"Saturday Night Live;" "The Daily Show" (Michele K. Short/Will Heath/NBC/Brad Barket)

How comedy will shape the 2020 election

Sophia A. McClennen
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in "Green Book" (Universal Pictures)

Late night TV eviscerates "Green Book"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero in "Desus & Mero" (Micaiah Carter/Showtime)

"Desus & Mero": You'll laugh, then think

Melanie McFarland
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John Oliver (HBO)

When did news become satirical?

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
This April 8, 2016 photo released by HBO shows Bill Maher, host of "Real Time with Bill Maher," during a broadcast of the show in Los Angeles. Controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos will join Maher on his political talk show on Friday, Feb. 17. (Janet Van Ham/HBO via AP) (AP)

Maher: We can have #MeToo and Al Franken

Jordan Hoffner
Michelle Wolf; Jimmys Kimmel and Fallon; Robin Thede (Getty/Salon)

No more Jimmys on late night

Melanie McFarland
John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver prosecutes the prosecutors

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
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Donald Trump; Michelle Wolf (Getty/AP/Salon)

Too much Trump coverage? Not exactly

Sophia A. McClennen
Samantha Bee (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Did Bee get leaked audio of Miller?

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story

Oliver makes the case for the Iran deal

Charlie May
James Comey (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Comey gets the last laugh on Colbert?

Charlie May
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Maher: "Operation Desert Stormy"

Charlie May

Why Oasis' Noel Gallagher hates Maroon 5

Charlie May
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Colbert drops the hammer on Santorum

Charlie May
John Oliver on "Last Week Tonight" (HBO)

Oliver trolls Pence, turns his pet gay

Charlie May
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John Oliver; Donald Trump; Devin Nunes; Stephen Colbert (AP/Getty/Salon)

The science of how satire can save us

Sophia A. McClennen
(YouTube/ Comedy Central)

DeVos gets the late night spotlight

Charlie May
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (YouTube/LastWeekTonight)

John Oliver tackles cryptocurrencies

Charlie May
(YouTube/Full Frontal With Samantha Bee)

Bee finds truth in mass shooting myths

Charlie May
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