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Call it negative. it's mainly me. i don't talk about the news. i'm a victim o. f the news. >> the country was ready for something different. it's almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didn't know they needed. >> are you a bad guy. >> i'm a western union messenger, sometimes there's bad news in the wire. >> mort sahl influenced lenny bruce, richard pryor. bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late night comedy shows. >> here's johnny. >> it's going to be a good night, i just saw bob hope backstage. we were talking, you know, it's really a wonderful thri...

Now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. more than four decades ago, nicaraguan president daniel ortega led a revolution that toppled a corrupt dictatorship. he can hardly be unaware of the irony of his current situation, imposing evermore repressive measures to silence dissent in the run—up to an election unlikely to be free or fair. in another ironic twist, my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist. now, he's an influential journalistic critic in exile. why has nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism?

A victim of the news. >> the country was ready for something different. almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didn't even know they needed. >> mort, are you really a bad guy? >> all i am is a western union messenger. sometimes there's bad news on the wire. but that's not my fault. i only work at the office. >> mort sahl influenced this whole generation of coffeehouse comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryor, george carlin. whereas bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late-night comedy shows. >> here's johnny! >> it will be a good night. i just saw bo...

And reacted in live time to the news as he was reading it. which is a real high wire act. >> bob hope famously said you got to balance your humor or you'll offend somebody. mort sahl did not care. >> i am not the most tolerant guy in the world. i am very intolerant. that is the basis of the act. the act is the statement of a lone guy in rebellion. that is why people mistakenly call it negative. it's mainly me. i don't talk about the news. i'm a victim of the news. >> the country was ready for something different. it's almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didn't even know they nee...

What was done for acti. he humanized i >> i have to repor to you but largest news last week was the soviet spaceman that was invited for lunch by the queen. just to put your minds at risk i probably will not say anything about the queen. she hasn't mentioned me as she? >> he came out with a newspaper and he reabouted in live time to the news as he was reading which is a really high-wire act. >> bob hope famously said, you got to always balance your humor or you're going to offend somebody. mort did not care. >> i'm not the most toll ran guy in the world i'm intolerant. the act is a statement o...