Laughter with Razorblades

And now, this breaking news report on something

By HOWARD TROXLER, Times Columnist

© St. Petersburg Times
published October 23, 2002

[...] ANCHOR: And now here's a roundup of other news. There's war with Iraq, the midterm elections for control of Congress, a reeling economy, forgotten corporate scandals and the World Series. Okay, that covers that. Now back to our round-the-clock coverage. Wait a minute . . . we're hearing now that there might be a new fact in the case.    [...]

Howard Troxler may say that he's not trying to be funny at a time like this, but good satire can make you laugh while pricking you with some very sharp points, and this commentary succeeds at both quite well.

I chose to excerpt the above paragraph because it just rings far too true.  The whole piece is lie that, this was just my favourite bit.