{"id":3045,"date":"2015-01-05T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2015-04-24T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T21:19:53","slug":"top-5-fake-news-sites-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/top-5-fake-news-sites-to-watch-out-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Fake News Sites To Watch Out For"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FakeEver come across a news item that made you sit back and wonder: \u201cHmm. Could that possibly be true?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As more and more people turn to social media (rather than more established sources) to get their news, this happens ever more frequently. Sometimes with good reason.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a sub-class of news websites out there whose purpose is to misrepresent the news with humorous intent, much of the time \u2013 but still 100% fake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five of the best \u2013 or most noteworthy, if you prefer.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Empire News<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Empire<\/span>Empire News<\/a> is a satirical and entertainment website, which specializes in fooling people with wordplay, witty infographics and straight-up fake \u201cnews\u201d of all kinds. The site uses only invented names in all their stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember the buzz generated on Twitter when news broke that Hollywood icon Betty White dyed? As in, dyed her hair. That was one of theirs. \u201cMcDonald\u2019s To Compete With Weight Watchers With New \u2018Weight Loss Menu\u2019\u201d, was anoth<\/span>er.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent offerings include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWoman Violently Murders Husband After Finding Toilet <\/span>Seat Left Up\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMan Wins $1 Million On Lottery Scratch Ticket, Spends It All On More Scratch Tickets\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWorld Famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree In NYC Turns Out To Be Artificial\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBREAKING \u2013 North Korea Launches Nuclear Missile Towards The United States\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2. NewsMutiny<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"News<\/span>\u201cSatire for the wise, news for the dumb,\u201d is the watchword for NewsMutiny<\/a>, which mashes up world events with funn<\/span>y headlines and brief Associated Press (AP)-style stories on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like ot<\/span>hers of its breed, the site is split up into categories like Entertainment, World, Local, Home and Garden, and Advice. Its finance section features a market watch ticker, which lists the Dow Jones and NASDAQ figures as \u201csad\u201d and \u201cgrumpy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Typical headlines include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans Push to Elect President by Candidate Receiving Least Amount of Votes\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMan Protesting Death of Man Beaten to Death by Police Beaten to Death by Police\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPracticing Passive Aggressive Resistance\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPolice: Serial Rapist \u2018Obviously Not Too Picky\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The Borowitz Report<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"The<\/span>Each day, humorist Andy Borowitz writes a satirical news parody blog dubbed The Borowitz Report<\/a>. The site was bought by the New Yorker magazine in 2012, and posts brief news stories in Borowitz\u2019 signature style. Stuff like:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBREAKING: White House Authorizes Search for President\u2019s Mojo\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHuman behavior is no worse than it\u2019s ever been, it\u2019s just now we have camera phones\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFox: Obama Seeks Advice on Establishing Monarchy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans Accuse Obama of Treating Immigrants Like Humans\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNew Proposal Would Provide Grand Juries with Eyes\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Parent company The New Yorker is a weekly magazine published as an app for tablets and smartphones, available for download through the App Store, Google Play, or Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Borowitz maintains a Twitter page, which was named the number one Twitter feed in the world by a Time magazine poll in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. The Onion<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"The<\/span>The Onion<\/a> is a satirical weekly magazine published 52 times a year on Thursdays, by Onion, Inc. Like Empire News, The Onion uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases where public figures are being lampooned.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Onion Radio News is a daily newscast from The Onion\u2019s award-winning news team<\/span>. It is available online and at broadcast resolution from the Onion\u2019s satellite news service to radio stations throughout the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The site delivers a daily dose of satire in the form of fake news stories accompanied by hilarious Photoshopped images. Stories like:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasingly Worried Man Hasn\u2019t Yet Come Across Any Guacamole In Burrito\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMedia Company Looking For Ways To Get Rid Of Veteran 24-Year-Old Employee\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCritics Worried New CIA Report Puts U.S. At Considerable Risk Of Transparency\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMichelle Obama Quietly Reassigned To Department Of Agriculture After Butting Heads With President\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWorld\u2019s Oldest Woman Just Pleased Every Other Human On Earth When She Was Born Now Dead\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The Spoof<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"The<\/span>Instead of a paid staff of funny writers, satirical news site The Spoof<\/a> depends on stories submitted by its own readers to provide content. Despite (or perhaps because of) this, The Spoof is one of the leading satire newspapers on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

An eclectic mix of current affairs, sports, science, gossip, and entertainment news, all material on The Spoof is submitted online with the emphasis on simple good humor writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFind Jimmy Hoffa Craze Causing Shovel Shortage in America\u201d, and<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo Such Thing As Electricity \u2013 latest conspiracy theory\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

are typical examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heed the Signs<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Satirical US website Cracked<\/a> offers these tell-tale signs of a fake news story on the web:<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s World-Changing News from Some Obscure Website.<\/span><\/p>\n

It Springs From a UK Tabloid.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Predicting Some Future Disaster by a Strangely Specific Date.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Poll, Disguised as a News Story, or<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s About a Miracle Cure for Cancer, Obesity, or Clean Energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, it all boils down to one of the cardinal rules of responsible journalism: \u201cAlways Verify Your Sources\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

And be careful who you share those news stories with. Otherwise, you run the risk of appearing \u201cuninformed\u201d. To put it mildly.<\/span><\/p>\n

You have been warned\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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