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HISTORICAL FACTS: Clare malone | History Defined

Washington Post CEO in a ‘state of hiding’ as staffers joke about his rumored drinking amid low morale

‘Since last June, Lewis has gone into what a number of Post staffers described as a state of hiding,’ the New Yorker reported this week, adding that Will Lewis appears to have also had a falling out with his executive editor

The Independent UK

Comedy's Truthiness Problem

Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up tests the boundaries of fact and fiction.

Reason

‘Needlessly misleading’: Comedian Hasan Minhaj rebuts New Yorker, says it omitted, misconstrued statements

On September 15, The New Yorker published an exposé on comedian Hasan Minhaj, claiming the racist and Islamophobic experiences he recounts as a South Asian Muslim American in his stand-up shows are “fabrications”.

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Who decided comedy needed fact-checking?

Hasan Minhaj's embellishments arguably serve a larger purpose. What purpose is served by destroying his career?

Salon

Daily Show should count Hasan Minhaj out

Debates over a comic's license to lie don't account for the importance of trust in the topical satire business

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