Seven days on Twitter: #BoyToys and a media deep dive
A crew of billionaires paid to get a glimpse of the Titanic experience, and, sadly, they did. That’s how my ...
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Tag: satire
Trevor Noah brought a new perspective to TV satire – as well as a whole new audience
After seven years of hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central, a hit comedy show produced in the US but ...
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A mirror to our gullibility: Mad Magazine’s clout may have faded, but its ethos matters more than ever
Today’s media environment differs from the era in which Mad flourished but... consumers are dealing with many of the same ...
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Zapiro: Actively occupying the jester’s space (with video)
With its still recent dark history of oppression and censorship under apartheid, there is a worrying and increasingly narrowing space ...
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Never let SA tire of satire: Pieter-Dirk Uys is still our Darling
Caryn Gootkin has recently encountered several reminders of the publication restrictions placed on South Africans over the years. She discusses ...
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Back to breaking news…into little pieces
Hayibo is back, thanks to an angel investor in the form of Cape Media. The satirical site was to finally ...
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