Jon Lovett

Producer

1982-08-17

Books by Jon Lovett

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Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential' and 'actually funny' overlap.
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When a joke works, it works. It can make a point in a really simple way; it can be a great little sound bite to put on television or share on social media. Humor has this incredible power in how we communicate about politics now, in part because there's something natural in the way it's communicated.
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One thing that is for certain is that there are tens of millions of people who are deeply unsatisfied with the way they get their political news.
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When in doubt, mock the powerful, not the powerless.
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