Funny, that: why humour is a hit-and-miss affair on the election campaign trail
- Written by Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
If fact-checking units can award politicians ticks for telling the truth, surely we should award them clown faces for telling good jokes. And despite some honourable mentions, fewer such honours will be granted during the 2019 federal election than previous campaigns.
Of course, spontaneous humour is harder for our current crop of candidates,...
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