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[โ€“] hackris@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Donald Trump

Oh, wait. He wasn't fictional...

[โ€“] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True story. After the 2016 election, there was a panel discussion. They invited the creators of all the top political TV show; West Wing; Veep; House of Cards; Scandal, and others. Every participant said the same thing; that if they'd had a character say that he 'liked soldiers who didn't get captured' the networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be kicked to the curb by the whole nation. Trump is stranger than fiction

[โ€“] ma11en@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It was a tough few years for The Onion.

[โ€“] Scribbd@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

And Lisa Simpson didn't even run last time!