New Study: Politicians Not Human

Politicians Not Human According To New Study
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i26155

We see corrupt politicians almost all the time on TV. This is a fictitious article about a new study confirming that politicians are an entirely new species. It is aimed at everyone who either dislikes politicians, or simply needs to read something amusing in order to leash out their anger at politicians who are corrupt.

The article directly makes a number of assumptions about all politicians, all of which are negative. The author does this by listing and exaggerating examples about behaviors people commonly believe politicians to have, such as the "complete and utter lack of ethics" and possession of "the innate ability to look and sound sincere while lying in your face". The image at the right stresses the author's negativity towards politicians by using strong words and a relatively offensive image.

The humor in this article is mainly driven by the fact that the author is able to relate to what the majority of people think about politicians, and selectively pick on negative traits to focus your thoughts on these rather than anything good the politicians could possibly have done. In a sense, it is inductive reasoning using multiple examples to show that politicians are indeed corrupt bastards.