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Fox News broadcast the first episode of Greg Gutfeld's new late-night show, Gutfeld!, earlier this month. They're betting that Gutfeld can turn his talk show format into a successful late-night comedy show for conservatives. The problem is that conservatives don't do political satire any better than liberals do opinion talk radio.

Dannagal Young believes that opinion talk is political satire for the right and political satire is opinion programming for the left. They serve the same purpose; both formats are responses to a lack of trust in mainstream media. Which one appeals to each of us depends less on how "smart" we are and more on how we process information.

GUEST:
Dannagal Young - Professor of communication and political science at the University of Delaware and the author of Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Fear, Outrage and Comedy in the United States

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Fox News broadcast the first episode of Greg Gutfeld's new late-night show,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/shows/gutfeld">Gutfeld!</a>, earlier this month. They're betting that Gutfeld can turn his talk show format into a successful late-night comedy show for conservatives. The problem is that conservatives don't do political satire any better than liberals do opinion talk radio.
Dannagal Young&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msfGy6IRheM">believes</a>&nbsp;that opinion talk is political satire for the right and political satire is opinion programming for the left. They serve the same purpose; both formats are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/why-liberal-satire-and-conservative-outrage-are-both-responses-to-mainstream-media-but-with-very-different-powers/">responses to</a>&nbsp;a lack of trust in mainstream media. Which one appeals to each of us depends less on how "smart" we are and more on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/dannagal_g_young_the_psychological_traits_that_shape_your_political_beliefs">how we process</a>&nbsp;information.
GUEST:
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<li>Dannagal Young&nbsp;- Professor of communication and political science at the University of Delaware and the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Irony-Outrage-Polarized-Landscape-Laughter/dp/0190913088">Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Fear, Outrage and Comedy in the United States</a></li>
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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