Media and satire fulfill a critical foundation of democracy. How do changes in media and political ads impact campaigns in ...

In the context of the temporary suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on ABC, commentators have rightfully raised ...

Harry Shearer, the comedian, writer, actor (This Is Spinal Tap) and ubiquitous voice on The Simpsons, ventures into political satire in his new album, Songs of the Bushmen (Courgette Records). The CD ...

Comedy in video games has always had to strike a careful balance. Humor is so subjective that it can often come across as grating, overly sarcastic, or at worst, alienating. While some video games ...

Since Snopes' start in the mid-1990s, our fact-checkers have alerted readers to numerous pieces of satire. That's many decades of "jokes" targeting politicians and celebrities, or putting twists on ...

I have often had occasion to bemoan the sad lot of the satirist in contemporary society. Satire depends for its bite on a discrepancy between the satire and reality. The satirist presents an ...

Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. His latest book is Question Authority: A Polemic About Trust in Five Meditations. The aftermath of right-wing commentator ...

The 38-year-old filmmaker discusses his socially charged comedy, inspired by a real-life student revolt over Japan's outdated ...

Helldivers 2, a hit video game from Arrowhead Game Studios, challenges players to work together as an elite team of soldiers to save Earth by pushing back invading hordes of space bugs, cyborgs and ...

At first blush, a headline Reba McEntire posted to her Instagram account looked like a salacious tidbit from a gossip magazine. The headline claimed that McEntire, who performed “The Star-Spangled ...

Almost two decades in development, “White Noise,” a film adaptation on the acclaimed 1985 novel by American author Don DeLillo (“Libra”) arrives, and it is probably doomed at the box-office, in spite ...