When Demand for Victims Outpaces the Supply

The Italians have a classic aphorism: Se non è vero, è ben trovato. Even if it is not true, it is well conceived.

This has evidently become comedian Hasan Minhaj’s personal credo, as he has recently been caught fabricating incidents of racial discrimination (he’s a Muslim of Indian descent) for both his stand-up comedy bits and his former television show Patriot Act.