Human faults and weaknesses are satirised through the TV shows 'CNNNN', 'Life Support' and the movie 'Wag the Dog'

Satire aims to expose human faults and weaknesses through a variety of different techniques. Some of the general human faults that satire aims to reveal are, the fact that people watch anything on TV, no matter how ridiculous, pointless or useless it is. Another fault exposed is how people are extremely gullible and ignorant, that they will believe everything they see. Satire also reveals how the media doesn't care about the truth, how their priorities …

…anything on TV, no matter how ridiculous or useless it is. That people are extremely gullible and ignorant, that they are easily influenced. Also that the media's integrity is questionable. The composers of these texts show these ideas by inputting a variety of the satiric techniques including absurdity, exaggeration, burlesque and black humour. Through these techniques the composer was more easily enable to send his message of human faults and weaknesses in a satiric manner.