Watch CBS News. CBS Evening News. Political Humor, For A Serious Purpose. By Melissa McNamara. November 2, 2006 / 4:55 PM EST ... "It's a very funny take on negative advertising, isn't it?

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Political humor does more than just make us laugh. It makes us think. The work of cartoonist Thomas Nast helped expose the corruption of Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall.

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CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” Colbert announced yesterday. The network says they are ending the franchise as a ...

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Comics and writers Lizz Winstead and Elon James White talked about the use of humor to convey political messages, as well as coverage of political issues by the mainstream news media. They used ...