America (The Book)
The Daily Show’s mock civics textbook, skewering American democracy, media, and government with straight-faced satire.
Presented as a mock high-school textbook, this satire from Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show walks through American democracy with a straight face and a raised eyebrow. Chapters on the branches of government, elections, and the media come loaded with fake exercises, doctored images, and deadpan footnotes. Beneath the jokes runs a pointed argument about how the system actually works and how often it fails to.
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Bassem Youssef
Watching Stewart's show was something, but reading this textbook-spoofing history of the United States reveals just how hilarious and twisted were the minds behind the show.
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