WSJ editorial doesn't find Colbert, Lewis Black, Stewart, Sasha Cohen, Bill Maher Funny [View All]

[Ichingcarpenter]

''Comedy seems to have acquired the polemical nature of politics, too. Nowadays, when the comedians are not solemnly commenting on political matters or vying for public office, their most satisfying routines are antagonistic. But they're not funny.''

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122791765064865625.html




Lee Siegel 7/28/06, writing in the pro-Lieberman anti-Democrat New Republic:

On my own New Republic blog, I called the entire political blogosphere fascistic and coined the term “blogofascism.”

TNR 9/1/06
After an investigation, The New Republic has determined that the comments in our Talkback section defending Lee Siegel’s articles and blog under the username “sprezzatura” were produced with Siegel’s participation. He wrote his own defense. We deeply regret misleading our readers. Lee Siegel’s blog will no longer be published by TNR, and he has been suspended from writing for the magazine