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Q & A: Peter Koechley.(Interview)(Brief article)

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Satirical news sources like The Onion newspaper are more popular than ever with Americans. It boasts 3 million weekly readers and has launched a 24-hour online news network. NEWSWEEK's Jessica Bennett spoke to managing editor Peter Koechley.

Is the Bush administration a satirist's dream?

It's not. Clinton was much more fun to cover. There's just so much with Bush that's heavy. [And] we went through all our best jokes on torture and on being caught in a terrible situation in Iraq years ago.

What's ...

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