Sources

Possible Sources

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/satire.html (general description of political satire)

http://bigthink.com/ideas/24114 (includes interview with professor at American University)

http://bigthink.com/ideas/24063 (political discussion of the Daily Show's influence on political viewpoints)

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/09/10/political-punch-lines.html (more info about political satire)

http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=rowanandmar (info about Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)

http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=richard-nixon-and-laugh-in (info about Nixon's apperance on Laugh-In)

http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=smothersbrot (info about the Smothers Brothers)

http://www.snpp.com/other/papers/bm.paper.html (Info about The Simpsons, somewhat outdated as it was published in 2000)

http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/research/uploads/36.pdf (Analysis of how The Simpsons portray Democracy on their show)

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/fox-family-feud-over-family-guy/ (Analysis of political controversy over Family Guy)

http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/10/how-snl-changes.html (Analysis of how SNL changed politics)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/arts/television/13snl.html (SNL on the election)

http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=thatwasthe (overview of one of the earliest political satire shows

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/829/the-daily-show-journalism-satire-or-just-laughs (Pew Report about where Americans get their news from)

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6094453.html (how the 2008 election changed the face of political satire)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfS6Xy7uMZc (interview about the Simpsons and politics)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/03/jon-stewart-barack-obama (story abotu Jon Stewart's attacks on Obama)

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/04/entertainment/et-obama-jokes4/3 (Obama and Humor)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/04/critics-notebook--1.html (Tina Fey and Sarah Palin analysis)

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=597910 (Info about O'Donnel being on SNL, includes clip)

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/31258109.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU (Palin on SNL)

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/is-snl-good-for-sarah-palin-or-vice-versa/ (Pro or con whether it makes sense to apear on a reality show)

http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_stewart.html (Billy Moyers on Satire
Examples of Political Satire

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=SNL+2008+Election&st=1 (SNL)

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Colbert+Report&st=1 (Colbert Report)