This is obviously an attempt to misdirect satire targeting the status quo and waste our creativity giving "trolls" more attention than they deserve. Worse, it's a way of dividing comm enters against other comm enters.
 The humorous antics of Yippies back in the 60's and 70's was one of the most effective techniques in exposing the corruption of government, stopping the Vietnam War, revolutionizing the social system, and liberating people everywhere from repressive elitists.
    A government sanctioned humor program sounds like an oxymoron. The first thing fascists and authoritarians want to get rid of is humor and satire.
  Moreover, some folks might have noticed since 9/11 newspapers have cancelled their regular humor columns, stopped publishing satire pieces, cancelled their comments pages, and discouraged humorous posts.