Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Fooling the Faithful: 4 Telltale Signs of Fake News from The Babylon Bee
Sunday, October 8, 2017
President Trump Signs Executive Order To Reduce Verbal Violence By Late-nite Comedians
Note: This post is an example of satirical fake news.
In a speech at the White House Rose Garden, President Trump announced an executive order which will limit the number of punchlines per minute by late-nite comedians. Holding up a pen, he said, “Barak Obama once said he could get things done with a pen and a phone. Well, he left a few of his pens behind, and let me tell you, they work very well.”
In a speech at the White House Rose Garden, President Trump announced an executive order which will limit the number of punchlines per minute by late-nite comedians. Holding up a pen, he said, “Barak Obama once said he could get things done with a pen and a phone. Well, he left a few of his pens behind, and let me tell you, they work very well.”
President Trump explained his rationale for his
new executive order. “The late-nite comedians are a disgrace. They’ve
weaponized sarcasm, irony, and mockery, and other tricks of their disgusting
trade. Night after night, they destroy the lives of Americans. The carnage has
increased over the past few decades, and especially since the beginning of my
term in office. These people are indiscriminate. They target innocent men,
women, and children with no regard for common decency whatsoever.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Trump's Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I tweeted weak and weary,
while I tweeted weak and weary,
Over many vain and various tweets galore,
While I tweeted nearly sleeping,
suddenly there came a pecking,
suddenly there came a pecking,
As of someone gently pecking,
pecking my computer screen.
pecking my computer screen.
'Tis some follower, I muttered,
pecking my computer screen.
pecking my computer screen.
Only this and nothing more.
I refreshed my browser screen,
when with many a chirp and tweet,
when with many a chirp and tweet,
Out there flew a tweeting birdie,
from inside my browser screen.
from inside my browser screen.
The birdie perched upon my shoulder
and in my ear began to tweet,
and in my ear began to tweet,
Perched, and tweeting, and nothing more.
"Birdie," said I, "thou demonic thing,
Take thyself from off my shoulder
and take thy beak from out my heart.
and take thy beak from out my heart.
Leave this place and fly back,
back to my computer screen."
back to my computer screen."
Quoth the birdie, "Nevermore."
And the birdie, never sleeping,
Still is tweeting, still is tweeting,
Tweeting till forevermore.
The President is tweeting, is tweeting, is tweeting...
When the President has trouble sleeping,
He frequently turns to tweeting.
Sometimes he'll tweet till the morning,
And change policies with no warning.
You might say it's his style of leading.
He frequently turns to tweeting.
Sometimes he'll tweet till the morning,
And change policies with no warning.
You might say it's his style of leading.
Over a hundred years ago, Rev. W.L. Watkinson preached a sermon titled The Invincible Strategy. In it, he said, “It is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.” These days people prefer to light Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices.
True Story! Alex Jones of Infowars apologizes for defaming Chobani, LLC.
In April, Alex Jones of Infowars published a tweet and a
video with the headline, “Idaho Yogurt Maker Caught Importing Migrant Rapists.”
The company was Chobani. The story, which was shared widely, was not true. Chobani
sued. Mr. Jones apologized.
“During the week of April 10, 2017, certain statements were made on the Infowars Twitter feed and YouTube channel regarding Chobani, LLC that I now understand to be wrong. The tweets and video have now been retracted and will not be reposted. On behalf of Infowars, I regret that we mischaracterized Chobani, its employees and the people of Twin Falls, Idaho the way we did.”
The video below features a rant from Mr. Jones followed by his apology.
I urge readers and viewers to think twice before sharing
provocative “news” from outlets like Infowars.
Monday, March 6, 2017
The Irish, Alcohol, St. Patrick's Day, and Fake News
St. Patrick’s Day is
coming up. Inevitably, we’ll be hearing lots of nasty jokes about drunken Irish
alcoholics. Using stereotypes for
jokes is a terrible idea. Stereotypes are like cross-cultural fake news! It’s
so unfair to lump a group of people together and make fun of them just because
of where they or their ancestors came from.
For example, there are
many people of Irish ancestry who don’t abuse alcohol at all. Many prefer to
pop pills or smoke dope. They might partake of legal drugs when they can get a
prescription for painkillers or sedatives, or illegal drugs when they can’t.
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