Topical Satire Is Not “Fake News.”

While I’ve been preparing to teach a class on memes and “fake news,” my complaints are all about propaganda that misleads in order to wield influence or make money. I am not talking about the “fake news” which is clever satire, such as these two posts which made me belly-laugh. The Sanders pic I found in my Facebook feed, where it had been posted on P-diddy’s page. The Obama pic is linked to an article in The Onion. (The article is worth a read.)

One thought on “Topical Satire Is Not “Fake News.”

  1. Fake news is the new buzzword used by the ignorant. Big Brother used it so it is the Truth. Had they ever learned to use a dictionary they would know the meaning of “satire”.

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