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News satire is harder than it looks

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Virtually everyone thinks they’re funny — and the ones who think they’re the funniest are the ones who aren’t funny at all. Into that latter category, I would have to put the new “media satire” site 23/6 (which is apparent ... Continue reading »

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  • I'd say there are two things a news satire site needs to be: funny...and well-written. The writing on 23/6 is stiff, leaden and boring. If the writing were better, I wouldn't even care if it made me smile or not. At least I'd be entertained. I like to think my own news satire site is, if not 'funny', at least mildly diverting and maybe even clever. And I do hope it's well-written. But that, of course, is for others to judge...
  • I agree it's not easy, and there are probably too many news-satire sites. Nevertheless, I'm giving it a shot. Check it out: http://newslampoon.com

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