Top Daily Show Producer Agrees: ‘Political Comedy Is Inherently Left

March 12th, 2012 1:09 PM
Brandon Griggs of CNN.com reported from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, that a panel of leftist comedians and comedy writers said yes to his question “Is political comedy inherently leftist?” “Comedy has a recklessness that doesn't lend itself to the conservative lifestyle,” said Rory Albanese, an executive producer and writer for The Daily Show on Comedy Central.  “It's the…