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    Enter Sean Spicer: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
    September 19, 2017
    | Neal Gabler
    We have limits now to funny, and one of those limits is not giving people who helped perpetrate the terror an opportunity to laugh it away.
  • John Oliver Takes on the FCC
    June 2, 2014
    | Michael Winship
    "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America: If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring."
  • When Race, Politics and Comedy Collide
    August 7, 2012
    | Lauren Feeney
    In his new late-night show, comedian W. Kamau Bell looks at news, politics and culture through the lens of race.
  • Jon Stewart on Comedy in Times of Tragedy
    March 22, 2012 | Updated August 6, 2015
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In this clip, the host of The Daily Show talks about his struggle to remain empathic and upbeat in a world of concurrent tragedies, and the importance of delivering news with context.
  • When the Real World Needs Fake News
    January 2, 2009
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In this broadcast essay, Bill Moyers makes the case for fake-news humor in a world of troubling real-life news.
  • Jon Stewart on Fake News
    April 27, 2007
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Bill sits down with The Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart to discuss real journalism and fake news.
  • Arts & Culture
    Joseph Heller: The Absurdity of Politics
    September 26, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    The author of the literary classic Catch-22 joins Bill Moyers to talk about democracy, American politics and why he hasn't voted in 20 years.
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    TV Producer Norman Lear (Part Two)
    April 16, 1982 | Creativity
    The legendary television producer on how he got his start in television, and how laughter and tears go together in his sitcoms.
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    TV Producer Norman Lear (Part One)
    April 9, 1982 | Creativity
    A behind-the-scenes look at the life and works of the mastermind behind All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time.


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