Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Shemeh Shirbabadi

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By: Jay Ross, Doug Palmer, Jordan Horvath and Shemeh Shirbabadi
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
In this year’s 2008 National Elections, two Presidential candidates and two Vice Presidential candidates endured months of mockery and jokes. Some candidates tolerated the media more than others. It became the core interest of the American population and began [...]

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Media Mockery: Comedy and Media Coverage in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Stefanie Wethington

Click below for PowerPoint:
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Stefanie Wethington
Carlton Purvis
Travis Ostrander
Patrick Jones
Akela Yarn
Videos
1. “The Daily Show’s Influence Over Young America” (See slide 3 video—video is 3:37 minutes long, but you only have to play until 1:09 to get the gist)
2. “Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey as Sarah Palin” (See slide 12)
3. “Sarah Palin on Saturday Night [...]

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To Be or Not to Be Politicaly Correct

Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Elisha Kirkman

At the recent Humorfest panel “Political Satire in Cartoons” many different topics arose like the topics of what happens when cartoonists portray a presidential administration wrong, how comedians portray different presidents, and who’s included in the cartoons.
Chris Lamb and Mark Long talked about “Drawing Fire: The Bush Administration vs. Editorial Cartoonists”. They talked about how [...]

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ECU Humor Fest Recounts Humor in North Carolina Literature

Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Martha Bass

Last week, Mendenhall Student center hosted the first annual ECU Humor Fest. From November 1-3, over 40 panelists from 5 countries spoke about the various guises found in all forms of humor. One panel in particular was The Old Mirth State: Humor in North Carolina Literature.
The event was sponsored by the NC Literary [...]

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The Old Mirth State; Bill Team

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Susie Cain

I was a little confused about what the Humorfest was when I first heard about it. I thought it sounded like it would be an interesting event to go and see.
When the second speaker, Bill Team, began a passage from Rash Choices, the thing that I noticed was how much he got into the reading. [...]

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