‘Have I Got News For You’ stars are here to help you laugh through the news

(CNN) – Amber Ruffin has some thoughts about those who think that CNN isn’t necessarily the best home for comedy.“I’d say they’re right,” Ruffin told CNN in an interview this week. “But when that comedy is about the news, they’re wrong.”Related Stories A new CNN game show, Have I Got News for You, aims to find the humor in coverage of current events with help from Roy Wood Jr., who hosts, and Ruffin and Micheal Ian Black, who serve as team captains.Based on a British series of the same name, entertainers, political figures and comedians will appear as guests for quick-witted conversation and games. The show is produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals.Wood Jr. said, “Comedy has its place within the news cycle.”“I think that CNN is as good of a place to drop a program like this because Have I Got News for You is, at its core, it’s a critique of the news,” he said. “It’s a critique of the media and for CNN to be bold enough to allow itself to offer a platform to something that could, from time to time, critique the things that it’s covering or the people who cover it, I...