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How Does Richard Lingeman Use Satire In Crazy Like A Fox

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In Richard Lingeman and Marvin Kitman’s satirical story, “Crazy Like a Fox,” Lingeman and Kitman are ridiculing the news and media’s lies in hopes that these businesses will deliver objective news instead of fighting over “subjective objectivity.” The authors use a variety of satirical techniques including irony, exaggeration, and parody to get this point across. Towards the end of the article, the authors use a piece of irony where the reader expects the late Fox News Chairman, Roger Ailes, to apologize for using incorrect information, which he says that he does. However, it is revealed that this only means doing it 1/10th of the time, depicting the relationship between how news agencies view their mistakes versus how they chose to confess
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