How Does Donald Trump Use Satirical News

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Claudia Ramos
Professor: Sean Wilkinson
English 100
19 September 2017
The Efficacy of Humor
News is a vital piece of information obtained from reliable research with facts given to the people. Some may make political decisions based on how accurate the information is. Society tends to stay informed with what is trending around the world by watching Fox news, CNN news. People have also begun to view satirical news show, Like the Saturday Night Live Show and The Daily Show in order to get political and current event news. Satirical news is known for using comedy and criticism in a way to incorporate humor to report current important issues and politics to their viewers. Satirical news is more effective than traditional news because it points …show more content…

With our most recent 2016 presidential campaign, many politicians were the main targets of satire news shows. Saturday Night Live show comedian Melissa Mc Carthy impersonated Donald Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer on the way he speaks to reporters. The video clip has then been uploaded into YouTube and has reached 29,582,778 views on YouTube. Our current president Donald Trump is known for his use of Tweeter, using it to communicate his thoughts to the world. In a segment of The Saturday Night Live Show Comedian Alec Baldwin was featured as the president, constantly distracted by is tweeter feed during a national security briefing. This video has also been uploaded into YouTube and has gotten 1.6 million views. With so many viewers watching satire news it appears to be an effective way of entertaining viewers with a way of criticizing the flaws of influential people. Other Satirical news shows also have found ways to critique and re-enact issues through examples of comedy such as The Daily Show and Jon Steward. Satire shows use effective ways by re-enacting how influential people behave to draw attention to their viewers and be able to get them informed before other news cast …show more content…

They are able to critique and re-enact issues through examples of comedy with an effective way of keeping the audiences informed with informative information. Both Satirical news and regular news can inform the same audience. Both choose to express it in different ways, satirical does it in a manner of intellectual and entertaining so their viewers have their own understanding of current events. Fox news reports current events with an unexciting and repetitive way that may leave viewers not interested or not understand the point of the news source being provided. A study done by Pew research shows that viewers of The Daily show and Colbert report, have the highest knowledge of national and international news, while traditional news like Fox news, views rank last. Satire news creates creativity content to expose crucial issues that other news may not want to expose, therefore plays an important role of effective communication and entertainment. Effective satire shows are able to influence or impact their viewers by educating and influencing their opinion by simply drawing attention to specific important issues with

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