A sign of great satire is the fact that it is almost indistinguishable from truth.
and John is the master of the light (accurate) touch
First they ban the Stars and Bars—then they ban Old Glory—soon the only flag that will fly is the Gay Rainbow Flag and the blue UN Flag. How much you want to bet the person in charge is an Obama Liberal—He would be happy to fly the Obama face flag over his school. Maybe its time to fly the Bonny Blue Flag!
I couldn’t disagree more. Satire by definition uses exaggeration and/or ridicule to make a statement about the current state of affairs. When a satire is modeled after a news article and it’s impossible to tell the difference between it and genuine concurrent news stories without a “satire” label posted on it then it has no value as satire and is simply a source of potential misinformation. Political satire ought to show us the final destination of the journey our leaders are taking us on, not just try to make us believe that the ‘train’ is a couple minutes ahead of schedule. Great satire remains relevant; it outlives its own day and sometimes even outlives the civilization that gave it life.