latimesblogs.latimes.com - 8/21/2008
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A hilarious new study of late-night political jokes, due to be released later today, finds the network comedians clearly avoiding humor about Democratic candidate Barack Obama , while piling the jokes on President Bush and Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton . The study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs finds that only cable's Comedy Central -- whose primary comedians, Jon Stewart ...
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Study: Late-night comics lay off Obam
Oh No They Didn't! —
... The study did not explore why Obama got off so lightly on the network shows from New York and Burbank. So we'll all just have to guess: probably out of simple respect for Obama's long public service. SOURCE ...
Obama's Not Funny Enough
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton —
... According to a new study that covered all political jokes between Jan. 1 and July 31 in late-night monologues by Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert…… ...
Late-Night Comedians Joke Less about Obama
MSN TV Blog —
... A study has come out showing that the main late-night talkers joke more often about McCain (and for that matter, Hilary Clinton) than they do about Obama. ...
The Joke is on Everybody — Except Barack Obama
The Laughing Stork with Candy Kirby | Parenting, Family, Pop Culture & Gravity-Defying Baby Poop —
... A new study of late-night political jokes reveals that the network comedians, such as Letterman and Leno, are avoiding humor about Democratic candidate Barack Obama, while making lots o’ jokes at the expense of our “ ...
All of the Obama Scandals (So Far) [Obamarahma]
Gawker —
... To think, there was a time when late-night comedians fretted that there wasn't anything funny about Barack Hussein Obama. (You couldn't even joke about his middle name without people accusing you of stirring up Islamophobia!) ...
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