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'''National Report''' (nationalreport.net) is a satirical website. It is published by Allen Montgomery.<ref name="strib">[http://trib.com/news/local/state-and-regional/satirical-article-creates-stir-in-wyoming-town/article_bf915e38-98ab-51d5-85f3-9d3825617d60.html Satirical article creates stir in Wyoming town], [[Casper Star-Tribune]], July 30, 2013</ref>
'''National Report''' (nationalreport.net) is a satirical website. It is published by Allen Montgomery.<ref name="strib">[http://trib.com/news/local/state-and-regional/satirical-article-creates-stir-in-wyoming-town/article_bf915e38-98ab-51d5-85f3-9d3825617d60.html Satirical article creates stir in Wyoming town], [[Casper Star-Tribune]], July 30, 2013</ref>


Among headline-generating spoofs are:
Among headline-generating spoofs are a report that Arizona's governor [[Jan Brewer]] intended to introduce mandatory gay-to-straight conversion courses into the state's public school system,<ref name="TucsonWeekly">[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2013/08/22/no-crazylands-governor-is-not-putting-a-gay-to-straight-curriculum-in-arizona-schools No, Crazyland's Governor is Not Putting a Gay to Straight Curriculum in Arizona Schools], [[Tucson Weekly]], August 22, 2013</ref> and a report that fooled researchers at [[Fox News Channel]], in which the President was purported to have announced his intention to spend his own money to keep a Muslim museum open during a government shutdown.<ref name="MSN">[http://now.msn.com/anna-kooiman-fox-news-host-falls-for-national-report-satire-about-obama-funding-muslim-museum Anna Kooiman of Fox News Host Falls for National Report Satire about Obama Funding Muslim Museum], [[MSN]], October 4, 2013</ref> Another report that fooled people in Wyoming claimed that a man in [[Hanna, Wyoming]] was the first recipient of a [[RFID]] chip which, the report claimed, was part of an [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]] pilot program.<ref name="strib"/> A report published by National Report on November 2, 2013 claiming a fictitious Assam Rape Festival created a furor in Indian national and local media. Several newspapers and blogs reported the same.<ref name="FirstPost">[http://www.firstpost.com/living/us-website-takes-satire-too-far-holds-assam-rape-festival-1217025.html US website takes satire too far, makes up Assam Rape Festival] November 8, 2013</ref><ref name="Hinstan Times">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-fumes-at-american-website-s-rape-festival-spoof/article1-1148284.aspx Assam fumes at American website's 'rape festival' spoof] November 8, 2013</ref><ref name="Times of India">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Assam-Rape-Fest-story-in-US-media-triggers-row/articleshow/25398795.cms 'Assam Rape Fest' story in US media triggers row] November 8, 2013</ref>
*a report that Arizona's governor [[Jan Brewer]] intended to introduce mandatory gay-to-straight conversion courses into the state's public school system<ref name="TucsonWeekly">[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2013/08/22/no-crazylands-governor-is-not-putting-a-gay-to-straight-curriculum-in-arizona-schools No, Crazyland's Governor is Not Putting a Gay to Straight Curriculum in Arizona Schools], [[Tucson Weekly]], August 22, 2013</ref>
*a report that fooled researchers at [[Fox News Channel]], in which the President was purported to have announced his intention to spend his own money to keep a Muslim museum open during a government shutdown.<ref name="MSN">[http://now.msn.com/anna-kooiman-fox-news-host-falls-for-national-report-satire-about-obama-funding-muslim-museum Anna Kooiman of Fox News Host Falls for National Report Satire about Obama Funding Muslim Museum], [[MSN]], October 4, 2013</ref>
*a report that that a man in [[Hanna, Wyoming]] was the first recipient of a [[RFID]] chip which, the report claimed, was part of an [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]] pilot program.<ref name="strib"/>
*a report published on November 2, 2013 claiming a fictitious Assam Rape Festival created a furor in Indian national and local media. Several newspapers and blogs reported the same.<ref name="FirstPost">[http://www.firstpost.com/living/us-website-takes-satire-too-far-holds-assam-rape-festival-1217025.html US website takes satire too far, makes up Assam Rape Festival] November 8, 2013</ref><ref name="Hinstan Times">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-fumes-at-american-website-s-rape-festival-spoof/article1-1148284.aspx Assam fumes at American website's 'rape festival' spoof] November 8, 2013</ref><ref name="Times of India">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Assam-Rape-Fest-story-in-US-media-triggers-row/articleshow/25398795.cms 'Assam Rape Fest' story in US media triggers row] November 8, 2013</ref>
*a report that an invasion of illegal immigrants forcibly took control of the small town of [[Sarita, Texas]].<ref name="epoch">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/798473-illegal-immigrants-forcibly-occupy-small-texas-town-is-fake-sarita-texas-fine/] July 12, 2014</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:05, 12 July 2014

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National Report (nationalreport.net) is a satirical website. It is published by Allen Montgomery.[1]

Among headline-generating spoofs are:

  • a report that Arizona's governor Jan Brewer intended to introduce mandatory gay-to-straight conversion courses into the state's public school system[2]
  • a report that fooled researchers at Fox News Channel, in which the President was purported to have announced his intention to spend his own money to keep a Muslim museum open during a government shutdown.[3]
  • a report that that a man in Hanna, Wyoming was the first recipient of a RFID chip which, the report claimed, was part of an Obamacare pilot program.[1]
  • a report published on November 2, 2013 claiming a fictitious Assam Rape Festival created a furor in Indian national and local media. Several newspapers and blogs reported the same.[4][5][6]
  • a report that an invasion of illegal immigrants forcibly took control of the small town of Sarita, Texas.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Satirical article creates stir in Wyoming town, Casper Star-Tribune, July 30, 2013
  2. ^ No, Crazyland's Governor is Not Putting a Gay to Straight Curriculum in Arizona Schools, Tucson Weekly, August 22, 2013
  3. ^ Anna Kooiman of Fox News Host Falls for National Report Satire about Obama Funding Muslim Museum, MSN, October 4, 2013
  4. ^ US website takes satire too far, makes up Assam Rape Festival November 8, 2013
  5. ^ Assam fumes at American website's 'rape festival' spoof November 8, 2013
  6. ^ 'Assam Rape Fest' story in US media triggers row November 8, 2013
  7. ^ [1] July 12, 2014
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