“The world has changed a great deal politically, and late-night comedy has changed along with it,” said Stephen Farnsworth, author of Late Night With Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency. “It is a much darker and more cynical environment than it was before Donald Trump became president.
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“It puts Republicans in a tough spot," said University of Mary Washington Professor Stephen Farnsworth. "They either have to vote for this extreme position and then face whatever backlash might exist, or not vote for it and run the risk of losing a primary to someone who says they’re not conservative enough.”
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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a research paper, “Constructing Conservative Late-Night Comedy: Fox News and the Rise of Gutfeld!” at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association in Boston. The paper was part of a chapter of Professor Farnsworth's new coauthored book, Late-Night in Washington: Political Humor and the American Presidency, recently published by Routledge. 
“We are talking about so many imponderables in this election year that money is about the only thing you can go on right now,” said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.
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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “Late-Night Comedy Never Tires of Donald Trump” at American University in Washington. The talk was derived from portions of Dr. Farnsworth's recently published co-authored book, Late-Night in Washington: Political Humor and the American Presidency. 
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “The Rising Threat of Disinformation” to the Lake of the Woods Forum in Locust Grove, VA. The talk was derived from portions of Dr. Farnsworth's recently published co-authored book, Producing News in a Time of Disinformation: Information Evaluation Strategies for Journalists and News Consumers.
The book is available for free download:
Part 1: https://issuu.com/timeofdisinfo/docs/textbook_pt_1?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ
Part 2: https://issuu.com/timeofdisinfo/docs/textbook_pt_2?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ
