Satire

The character was never meant to become a serious political commentator—but it happened anyway.

How do you poke fun at politicians who break all the rules?

Bloggers have complained Twitter has pandered to Kremlin trolls.

As the Kremlin clampdown on dissent has accelerated, and traditional forms of protest have become more dangerous, political satire is moving to the streets.

Headlines include 'Deportations to Begin,' and 'Markets Sink as Trade War Looms.'

A man allegedly carrying a knife has been shot by police in Paris, one year after the attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo

The satirical magazine published two cartoons of the child, prompting outrage.

Jon Stewart is finally done destroying, obliterating, disemboweling, firebombing, demolishing and annihilating.

EDGE promises to "throw acid in the face of ignorance."

Served in the military? Want to make it in television? Jon Stewart has a boot camp for you.

South Africans see the new 'Daily Show' host as a source of pride and hope.

The 31-year-old South African comedian will take over for Jon Stewart, who is leaving the show after more than 15 years.

Williams is a popular choice for the job, but she says she's "extremely under-qualified."

Jessica Williams makes an appealing replacement not because she's so much like Jon Stewart, but because she's so different.

Groups of hackers have rendered tens of thousands of French websites unusable.

Steadman, the satirical cartoonist extraordinaire, reflects on the Charlie Hebdo murders, in words and in art.

Tarek Alghorani spent seven years in jail for mocking Assad's regime. Now living in Tunisia, his new target is ISIS.

Civil liberties group argues government claims are insufficient to withhold more than 2,100 images.

Satire wounds, but it does not kill.

The magazine was firebombed in 2011 after publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed

At least 12 people at a satirical magazine were killed in an attack by three armed and masked gunmen.

In the second SkyMaul catalogue the San Francisco comedy group offers more things you can't live without but will have to somehow

Clickhole.com, which launches tomorrow, wants to do for new media what The Onion did for print journalism 25 years ago

The satire site is shifting some of its energies to mocking the scourge of viral media