This is s good commentary and historical account of newspaper hoaxes. It's not a great account of government and journalistic subterfuge. The premise is unclear. Mr. Love isn't sure if he means to write about the distinction between comedic use of fakery versus the serious abuse of power or if he is going to write about the history of journaistic gullibility? He does neither. There's too much about the popular Stewart and Colbert without connecting their current brand of political satire to historical political satire. Niether does Love discuss how lying is not satire, how what's funny in one context turns serious in another. In short, the ending does not arise from the beginning or fromt he body.