minhaj says himself, he says the punch line is worth the fictionalized premise.ust. he is is warm-up economic for comedy central's the daily show and has worked with hasan minhaj. he's also a practicing lawyer. hi, vince, thanks for coming on. so minhaj is defending himself. he says every story is, quote, built around a seed of truth. on a stage, does just a seed of truth justify? >> well, first of all, no comedian should have to defend themselves. it's comedy. it's art. it's part of the process is creating. and i hate to tell everyone this and break down that third wall, but we exaggerate stories to make them funnier. i don't know if you've ever seen jeff dunham who works with the puppets, i'm going to break down the third wall. the puppets don't really talk. i know that's going to shock a lot of people, but yeah, we exaggerate. you know who else exaggerates a story? everybody i know. it's what people do. >> there's a difference between exaggerating and making something up that's completely false, claiming that you were a victim of a racist attack, for example.

when i hear minhaj i think of three psalms.ellish stories i tell people i'm 5'7" but that doesn't hurt anybody. there's some things when you lie it's dangerous because you're smearing groups as racist. that's why smollett was repulsive he could have released a race war because no cost to him. victimhood would benefit him at the expense of the country. why did he do this? is it his fault? clearly it's not. we have a problem in this country. we have a racism shortage and the demand for accusations and stories exceeds the supply. and minhaj stepped in to fulfill an order that was needed by the media at netflix at hollywood to please them, tell us how bad white folk are to you. cool no problem. he probably got a seven or eight figure deal for it. so the exaggeration of racism is incentivized. there's a payoff. he got the special. if he wasn't that dramatic he wouldn't have the special. he's climbing the comedy ladder because victimhood is the skeleton key that opens all doors. and if you say, what if it's a lie the response will be

minhaj isn't sorry about his lies.saying, quote, my comedy, around arnold palmer, has something like 70% truth, someone that did occur, and oerz tothers that ha fix particularsal -- fictional elements. whoopie: if you're going to hold a comic to the point you're going to check up on their stories, you have to understand, a lot of it is not the exact thing that happened because, why would we tell exactly what happened? it ain't that interesting. that's our job. sometimes total b.s. >> jeanine: greg, he says that his embellishments or fabrications are inherent art form. yet, when you think about it -- so he can trash the fbi and whites but we can't do it the other way. why is that? >> greg: when i hear him, i just -- look, anyone can embellish stories, especially if you tell them over and over again. i tell everyone i'm 5'7". that doesn't hurt anybody, it doesn't affect anybody. there are some things when you lie become dangerous because you're smearing groups as racist. that's what smollett did. he could unleash a race

hassled by a cop will get you a lot more sympathy than admitting that you suck at basketball hasan minhajlocation and compressing timelines to tell entertaining stories. some of his targets have said that they have been harassed for things he has never done it. saying the chicken crossed the road to go to a planned rally and then giving the audience enough information to track down the chicken's home address. the media incentivizes this kind of stuff. it is on the comedy career ladder. his fault that there is such a shortage of rail racism that he had to exaggerate to supply to meet the demand? the guide tells a little white lines to make his jokes on you. if you can get seth meyers to do the same thing. you heard the saying that it is funny because it is true, well, this is the precise opposite. if he keeps making up whoppers like this he can end up exactly where you think at the head of cnn. as a comedian due by the that there is no difference between hyperbole and outright lies or does it matter? >> imagine little white lies and this would be little brown allies. i'm not lying, the guy

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