Kinsey Reports

On Sepetember 27, 2008, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performed a cold open sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin during the presidential election of 2008. Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin, while Katie Couric is portrayed by Amy Poehler. The two comedians mock an actual interview done by the potential vice president and journalist that was performed a few weeks prior. The 7 minute cold open, which is longer than most of their sketches, contains a plethora of communication methods to…

Satire is the 'safest' way to contradict another person’s statements/ actions/ beliefs through use of humour, irony, exaggeration, and ridicule. Satire highlights key topical issues in society and identifies their flaws. It inspires some, and it'll offend some. Such is life. It's not easy being the perpetrator of a damaging ideal, only to have a mirror held up with the ugliest parts of our humanity reflected back. Thank You for smoking, released in theatres March 2006, is dark satire disguised…

Television shows in today’s world are becoming increasingly more inappropriate, both sexually and violently, especially shows aired on networks known for embracing this inappropriateness. Many television shows, however, are becoming less scripted and rawer in their context. The growing interest in stand-up comedy is revolutionizing comedic networks such as Comedy Central, allowing them to spend less time drafting potential pilots and simply airing pre-recorded live comedy shows to help fill up…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SATIRE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE The ‘Late Show’ employs political satire to promote the agenda of the public sphere - enable citizens to engage in critical public debate, by advocating for a ‘deliberative democracy’. Political satire is often described as humour’s most overtly political genre (Faina 2012, p. 347). The Late Show’s harnesses the power of political satire to frame important socio-political issues in a manner similar to how individuals engage with…

“WE ARE one year into my presidency, and it’s time to finally admit that I am absolutely crushing it.” So proclaims animated President Trump to open the premiere of “Our Cartoon President,” Showtime’s half-hour comedy, created by Stephen Colbert and his “Late Show” executive producer Chris Licht, that kicks off a 10-episode run Sunday. The “satirical view of the president, his family and his inner circle when the cameras are off,” as Licht describes it, was born out of the writers thinking…

The use of different audit firms for the assessment of the company will indicate fraud. The team will seek to detect the anomalies in the cash flow such as the inability to make cash flows from company processes while giving a report of the growth of the earnings. The audit team will analyze the invoices and cite the liabilities as well as the invoices that are not taken into the financial records of the company. The team will also assess tendencies such as the writing off loans…

hundred and forty pounds of sugar per year" (Colbert Report). Almost every processed food contains corn syrup, sugar, or "sugar like" substances. Pollan indicates that the food industry has created this situation. The Farm Bill subsidizes corn and soy crops. These products are inexpensive for the consumer and very profitable for the food industry.…

Independent Auditors Report To the Shareholders of Creamy Chill Inc. The consolidated financial statements which we have audited, consists of the consolidated balance sheets as at December 31, 2015, and changes in total equity and cash flows for the years then ended Management’s…

at 11:30pm, The Colbert Report, a television show, is a satire news show that displays an easier to understand form of news. The Colbert Report is a parody of the news show The O’Reilly Factor which takes on current controversial political issues. The star of The Colbert Report is Stephen Colbert. He plays a character on the show who is silly and sarcastic. The Colbert Report makes its viewers act, makes them think, and entertains them. The viewers of The Colbert Report want to act once they…

Recently, the PCAOB has advocated for mandatory audit frim rotation. However, if implemented, this change would unduly burden many accounting firms. With the passage of Sarbanes Oxley in 2002, the coordinating audit partner and the reviewing partner are required to rotate off a particular audit every five years so that the engagement can be viewed more skeptically . This practice has been shown to work, and any deviance from it will surely produce negative consequences, such as a decrease in…