What is Fake News?
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Parody of network television newscasts that exploits the absurd in current events for humorous intent rather than being concerned with providing complete and well-balanced information. Somewhat of a misnomer, fake news often covers actual public figures when they are caught making comments that reveal their utter stupidity and/or hypocrisy.
Not to be confused with pure news satire such as found in
For a shocking number of people, their sole exposure to current events is from watching fake news on the Daily Show.
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Typical coverage from Fox News. Their reporting contains so many exagerations, falsities, and interjected opinions, that it can in no way be considered proper and informative.
Naive Fool: I wanna find out what's going on in the world today, let's flip on Fox News.
Person Who's Not A Moron: Don't watch that crap, it's fake news, they're brainwash ya.
Naive Fool: Nah, it's on TV, it has to be true.
After watching Hannity and O'Reilly....
Naive Guy: Wow, I love Bush's policies. Did you know he was right all along? Wow, that Hillary is an whiney old bag.
Non-Moron: See, I told you this would happen!
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