"[W]e are surrounded by nice people telling us that nice things are happening and all is OK. And they are not. So you want to give it to people hard." The Financial Times looks at the state of political satire in Italy, Russia, Israel, the U.S., and the U.K.
The article should have mentioned the Stephen Colbert performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner. That was a moment when satire wasn't just about a chummy media allowing politicians to show they are sporting chaps who can handle getting ribbed. That was about satire hitting politicians (and a subservient press) right smack in the nutsack.
That's what she said satirically.