Christwire
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| Web address | www |
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| Slogan | Conservative Values for an Unsaved World |
| Commercial? | No |
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Type of site
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Satirical blog |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English |
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Alexa rank
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 51,376 |
| Current status | Active |
Christwire is a satirical website that publishes blog-style articles intended to ridicule excesses of American Christian conservatives. Recurring topics include homosexuality, atheism, Hollywood, and other purported threats to American culture.[1][2][3][4]
Like similar satirical websites, Christwire's stories have sometimes been erroneously taken at face value.[2]
Topekasnews[edit]
Due to the wide public attention at the name Christwire, the site also runs topekasnews.com.[5][6][7][8][9]
One satirical news article by "Haywood Bynum III" pronounced that "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella." The Drug Abuse Resistance Education anti-drug organization copied the article onto their website without fact checking the satirical article.[10][11]
See also[edit]
- Adequacy.org
- Landover Baptist Church
- Poe's law
- List of satirical magazines
- List of satirical news websites
- List of satirical television news programs
References[edit]
- ^ John Hudson (August 19, 2010). "Satirical Christian Site Hoodwinks the Huffington Post". The Atlantic Wire.
- ^ a b John Hudson (February 1, 2011). "Rachel Maddow and NBC Struggle With Satire". The Atlantic Wire.
- ^ Katla McGlynn (August 18, 2010). "9 Signs Your Husband Is GAY, According To ChristWire.org (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Line of inquiry crosses a line". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 19, 2010.
- ^ "Heathen TopekasNews Liberals Detest Reaganomics". ChristWire.
- ^ "Christians Review, "Scooby Doo, The First Atheist Brainwashing Cartoon" - Topekas News". topekasnews.com.
- ^ "Scooby Doo, The First Atheist Brainwashing Cartoon Reviewed". ChristWire.
- ^ "The Popular Story of the Kansas City Prayer Booths Is False, But the Brilliant Artist Behind the Booth is Genuine". Friendly Atheist.
- ^ Marijuana Cures Republican Pastor of Stupidity
- ^ "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella". D.A.R.E. America. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
- ^ Christopher Ingraham (4 May 2015). "D.A.R.E. gets duped by anti-pot satire". Washington Post.
Further reading[edit]
- Mark Oppenheimer (September 3, 2010). "A Niche of the Unreal in a World of Credulity". The New York Times (on page A13 of the September 4, 2010 New York edition)
- Michael Hirschorn (November 2010). "Truth Lies Here", The Atlantic
- Adam Pasick (September 3, 2010). "The Guys Behind Christwire, Creating Parody From 'Glenn Beck on Steroids'". New York Magazine.
