In September, The New Yorker published a piece on Hasan Minhaj’s comedy special, which implied he’d made up most of his comedy special (the subtitle of the article reads in part: …the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?).
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