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Writer finds humor in politics
Elliott Kalan, a writer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,”
spoke on his experiences in the entertainment world on Wednesday
and shared the importance of presenting the news in a comedic way.
“Humor and Politics: How to Write Jokes When the News is
Ridiculous” was presented as a conversation between Kalan and Ruth
Mandel, the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, at the
Douglass Campus Center, combining hard politics with soft
humor.
Feb 9 2012