satirist

From Egypt to Russia, the first voices targeted are often comedians and satirists.

Mr Poirson-Atlan told the court on Tuesday that he was a "satirist" who had just wished to put forward "a point of view different to that of the mainstream media".

Allen may have surprised listeners who know the director as a master satirist of the flawed personality, but Maher was right on brand.

Gutfeld is often referred to as a right-wing satirist — despite the fact that his comedy rarely meets the standards of actual satire, which depends on a creative use of irony.

And their authors knew what satirists from Charlie Chaplin to Stephen Colbert knew: When life throws tyranny at you, you have to scoff and push back.