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Stephen Colbert is a good example. Seen a few people not realize he's a satirist right away.

Seen an entire reception planning system not realize he was a satirist.

See: 2006 whitehouse correspondent's dinner.

The Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner invites comedians knowingly. Wanda Sykes was a speaker for Obama's first one.

Yeah, but they usually don't brazenly humiliate the President and the entire Washington press corps simultaneously.