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Revision as of 01:38, 16 June 2017

This is a list of satirical news websites which are satirical bent, or parodies of news, which consists of fake news stories and other humor. They are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers.

News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not to be confused with fake news that have intent to mislead. News satire is particularly popular on the web, where it is relatively easy to mimic a credible news source and stories may achieve wide distribution from nearly any site. News satire relies heavily on irony and deadpan humor.

The most well known example of this type of website is The Onion, which was started in 1996.[1]

List

List of satirical news websites
Name Country Founded
Awaze Tribune Eritrea 2016
Borowitz Report United States 2001
Burrard Street Journal[2] Canada 2015
ClickHole United States 2014
Cracked United States 2007
Christwire United States 2008[3]
De Speld Netherlands 2007
Der Postillon Germany 2008
Duffel Blog United States 2012
El Koshary Today Egypt 2008
El Mundo Today Spain 2009
Faking News India 2008
Fognews Russia 2012[4]
Free Wood Post United States 2011
Islamica News United States 1999
Le Journal de Mourréal Canada (Québec) 2012
Khabaristan Times Pakistan 2014
Landover Baptist Church United States 1998
Le Gorafi France 2012
National Report United States 2013
NewsBiscuit United Kingdom 2006
Private Eye United Kingdom 1961
SatireWire United States 2010
ScrappleFace United States 2002
The Babylon Bee United States 2016
The Beaverton Canada 2010
The Betoota Advocate Australia 2014
The Civilian New Zealand 2013
The Chaser Australia 1999
The Daily Bonnet Canada 2016
The Daily Currant United States 2012
The Daily Mash United Kingdom 2007
The Daily Squib United Kingdom 2007
The Daily WTF United States 2004
The DailyER United States 2008
The Onion United States 1996
The Oxymoron United Kingdom 2007
The Poke United Kingdom 2002
The UnReal Times India 2001
The Valley Report United States 2015
Topeka News United States 2008[5]
Waterford Whispers News Ireland 2009
Weekly World News United States 2009
Zaytung Turkey 2010

See also

References

  1. ^ Geoff Keighley Business 2.0 (2003-08-28). "CNN.com - The Onion: Funny site is no joke - August 29, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Azpiri, Jon. "B.C. satirical news website founder takes on fake news sites that 'copied my articles'". Global News. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. ^ http://website.informer.com/christwire.org
  4. ^ http://website.informer.com/fognews.ru
  5. ^ http://website.informer.com/topekasnews.com
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