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		By: James Vella Clark		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;....the mere repetition of rumours and falsehoods makes audiences more likely to see those things as credible...&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;.the mere repetition of rumours and falsehoods makes audiences more likely to see those things as credible&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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		By: Imsomeonetoo		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t think it would make a big difference. Those same satirists (which I follow avidly) went at Trump and his absurd policies from the moment he announced his nomination.

Although the electoral college system was a factor in his victory, it doesn&#039;t seem that they had such a big effect on his campaign as in a way, to his followers, they just &quot;confirmed&quot; that the liberal media were just out to help Hillary Clinton.

It is the same way how although this website is the main source of investigative journalism on this rock, Labour voters just consider it to be fake news set out to aid and abet the Nationalist Party.

The polarisation is just simply too ingrained. The only hope is to target the floating voters specifically but then you still need to have a pool of writers and a charismatic host.

If our talent pool is limited to the cringeworthy performances of Bla Kondixin, then I don&#039;t have much hope.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think it would make a big difference. Those same satirists (which I follow avidly) went at Trump and his absurd policies from the moment he announced his nomination.</p>
<p>Although the electoral college system was a factor in his victory, it doesn&#8217;t seem that they had such a big effect on his campaign as in a way, to his followers, they just &#8220;confirmed&#8221; that the liberal media were just out to help Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>It is the same way how although this website is the main source of investigative journalism on this rock, Labour voters just consider it to be fake news set out to aid and abet the Nationalist Party.</p>
<p>The polarisation is just simply too ingrained. The only hope is to target the floating voters specifically but then you still need to have a pool of writers and a charismatic host.</p>
<p>If our talent pool is limited to the cringeworthy performances of Bla Kondixin, then I don&#8217;t have much hope.</p>
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		By: Daphne Caruana Galizia		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wrong. Political satire is the result of a non-literal society, and Malta is a literal society. Make an ironic statement, and people will take it literally. The root of satire is irony.

I suppose your idea of political satire is &quot;let&#039;s poke fun at them all equally&quot;. But that&#039;s not political satire. Satirists who are having a go at Trump don&#039;t feel the need to have a go at Clinton.

They&#039;re all patently, blatantly anti-Trump.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wrong. Political satire is the result of a non-literal society, and Malta is a literal society. Make an ironic statement, and people will take it literally. The root of satire is irony.</p>
<p>I suppose your idea of political satire is &#8220;let&#8217;s poke fun at them all equally&#8221;. But that&#8217;s not political satire. Satirists who are having a go at Trump don&#8217;t feel the need to have a go at Clinton.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re all patently, blatantly anti-Trump.</p>
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		By: M.Portelli		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Won&#039;t work here. This is a humorless nation, unless it&#039;s cheap, loud, bad slapstick.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Won&#8217;t work here. This is a humorless nation, unless it&#8217;s cheap, loud, bad slapstick.</p>
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