@oneunderscore__ I'm sure this is quite good.
I have no idea if you see replies from Mastodon, but if you're back into making awesome semi-long-form videos, *please* consider a high quality release of The Onion's Future News From The Year 2137. It is one of the best news satire short films ever made.
Texas Flood Count Drops to Three, Officials Blame Overzealous Weather Reports
#Texas #FloodUpdate #MissingPersonsMath #NewsSatire #CountingIsHard By: TheJestPress.com AUSTIN, TX – After days of speculation and the wildest estimates outside of a jellybean-counting contest, Texas officials have triumphantly announced a revision in the number of people missing in Kerr County following “catastrophic flooding.” The tally has now been “downsized with gusto” from rampant…
News satire reports the news more faithfully than the alleged actual news.
Exhibit 6,456
#NewsSatire #News #MediaFail #LivesMatter #BLM #Satire #Culture #Politics
A man who repeatedly yelled that “ALL lives Matter” 5 short years ago during protests against inequality, has been unexpectedly silent about the slaughter of men, women, children and ba…
Mockery mockery mockery.
Another fine piece by The Beaverton.
OTTAWA – As US President Trump’s unilaterally-launched trade war continues, Canadians have struck back with counter-tariffs on a valued American item: the little Canadian flag patches Americans put on their luggage while travelling abroad.
Truth in satire.
#NewsSatire #Genre #Tesla #TheOnion
https://www.theonion.com/tesla-lays-off-entire-team-behind-brakes-1851449223
AUSTIN, TX—In the latest round of layoffs for the company’s struggling automotive division, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla fired the entire team behind brakes, sources confirmed Wednesday. “As we continue to rightsize the Tesla workforce, we have come to the decision that stopping the car is no longer a critical…
I love it.
Interestingly when I wrote a research piece about news satire and climate change one of the main finding was that when it came to the fundamentals of climate change the coverage of the subject was BETTER in news satire than in main stream journalism.
The study is here ICYMBI:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9788395720499-007/html
The world's greatest encyclopedia article remains the entry for Robert Ezra Park in "The Onion Book of Known Knowledge":
“Park, Robert Ezra (b. Feb. 14, 1864 d. Feb. 7 1944), American sociologist famous for weaseling his way into encyclopedias. Goddamn it, Park!”
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This, and then this again.
#NewsSatire #Genre #TransRightsAreHumanRights #dkmedier
https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…
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