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False News, Absurd Reality Present Challenges For Satirists (apnews.com)
Between reality and the bubble of fantasy news stories, these are tough times for satirists. From a report on AP, submitted by several readers: The New Yorker magazine recently took steps to distinguish Andy Borowitz's humor columns from politically motivated false stories circulating online. His editor said the New Yorker was getting email asking if there was a difference between the two. So they changed the tagline for "The Borowitz Report" from "the news, reshuffled" to "not the news" on the magazine's website. When the stories are shared online, they are more clearly identified as satire, said Nicholas Thompson, editor of NewYorker.com. Borowitz's columns take the form of news stories, like one headlined this week, "Trump fires attorney general after copy of Constitution is found on her computer." One story last week: "Trump enraged as Mexican president meets with Meryl Streep instead." Thompson admits: "It's a weird problem to have."
I believe the term is now "alternative fact therapist", not satirist.
It's distasteful that so many people are bashing Trump and talking about Fake News at a time when events like the Bowling Green Massacre take place every day.
Can we all come together please, forget our partisanship and different religions, and agree to offer a prayer to all those that died in Bowling Green like good Baptists. May they rest in peace and go to Baptist heaven.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Looking at some headlines from https://www.reddit.com/r/notth...
we find
"Stop making memes of our dead gorilla, Cincinnati Zoo pleads"
"Spotify offers Barack Obama a job as 'President of Playlists'"
"People have paid a company more than $80,000 to dig a hole for absolutely no reason"
"Venezuela's currency value depends largely on one guy at an Alabama Home Depot"
"Anti-Defamation League Declares Pepe the Frog a Hate Symbol"
"Pilot 'congratulates' passengers for drinking all alcohol on plane"
"Nebraska flag flew upside down at Capitol for 10 days and 'nobody noticed,' says senator who wants design change"
etc.
Trump actually prayed for better ratings for a show his trust owns at a national prayer breakfast. He out-Onioned the Onion.
Table-ized A.I.