Although political news satire is a useful tool in educating people in an accessible way about politics and news, it can have it’s limitations. Just as it can inspire people by exposing hypocrisy and dirty dealings of our politicians to become more politically engaged and make a change through rallies, strikes, protests, voting and other democratic ways, It can also drive people further away. Political satire has a tendency to appeal and cater to just one side of politics, typically the left, which can make people on the other side of the political spectrum block their ears to what a show like The Daily Show has to say, when it is those people on the other side of the political spectrum that political satire shows should be going after. It also doesn’t help that the typical viewer of political news satire can have a ‘holier-than-thou’ attitude when dealing with people that don’t. They can often have a sense of arrogance and typically fit into a pompous tertiary educated privileged upper class elitist stereotype. Additionally, over the last four-five years, the “orange-man-bad” comedy doesn’t help heal the political divide between the left and the right instead driving them further apart. Although the right tends to label anything criticizing Trump “fake news”, the left also doesn’t help itself when constantly making fun of Trump since his entry into politics. At times it can just become quite cringe and although he is a great source of news and comedy, there are only so many times you can flog a dead horse. Another limitation of political news satire is the call to actions that are done to help cause awareness about a particular issue. Although great in generating media and public attention on issues that need them, the impact these movements have are quite short lived. They seem to have a big initial surge of interest and just as quickly as they become viral, they fade out. They are often great in making the audience have a false perception of making change, but in reality the change is either temporary or just doesn’t happen. Although political comedy does have its limitations, it still remains a useful tool in making politics and news accessible through comedy.