NEWS AS SATIRE Satirical news has become something of a cottage industry in recent years, stemming from Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment and dominated by The Daily Show. Several Daily Show correspondents have gone on to their own news-related shows and have interviewed a variety of political leaders and prominent FIGUREs in the process. John Oliver (left), whose Last Week Tonight now airs on HBO, scored a major interview with Edward Snowden in 2015, while Larry Wilmore’s Daily Show companion piece The Nightly Show has brought more diversity to the fake news business. The Daily Show itself got something of a makeover in 2015 when longtime host Jon Stewart stepped down and was replaced by relative newcomer Trevor Noah (right).

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