Following up, the third link that Paul Krassner sent me is right here. It’s part of the U.S. magazines’ look-back at types of satire that used to exist in the U.S. – The Realist (founded by Paul Krassner) being notable.

A sneak peak:

It wasn’t just a matter of readers being unfamiliar with the title of a foreign-language newspaper. Rather, the whole idea of Charlie Hebdo is foreign to American readers, because no real equivalent exists. Topical, political humor is popular in the U.S., but in recent years it has been more common on television programs — like South Park, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report — than on the printed page.

The title is “Why Doesn’t America Have Its Own Charlie Hebdo?” Answer: Read the Time article by clicking on the link above.