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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
Not at all, satire is a powerful tool in a liberal democracy and should be protected as viciously as any constitutional right (right to free speech).
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No one is trying to take away free speech or expression, unless we are talking about many colleges and universities. I'd like to know why you think you know who should be mocked and lampooned and who should not. That's the exact opposite of the desired effect we need. In fact if SNL and Hollywood in general (not to mention 90% of the press) had taken a balanced approach to Bernie, Hillary and Trump the election very well might have turned out very different. But instead Trump was relentlessly attacked Hillary was treated like a saint in comparison. Hillary was THE chosen candidate, there was no way she could lose. This permeated nearly every form of media sans a few voices in the wilderness.
This alienated many voters because human nature says people don't like to be told they are horrible people if they don't like Hillary Clinton. People don't like to be told they are racist scum because they agree with Trump's "America first" speeches. The very media you are defending to this day are a big reason Trump won. But for some reason you want the likes of SNL to continue on, why? What made it even more counter productive is because Hillary was thought to be the winner by default people stayed home! I'd say the media in this election directly influenced the results more than any other only the opposite of intended.
Also, somehow it has been forgotten that the job of the media is to report the news not shape it. And if you believe entertainment should be a form of news and a way to inform people, then they should not be blatantly advocating.