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Type of site | News satire |
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| Available in | Italian |
| Created by | Michele Incollu |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | October 2012 |
| Current status | Online |
Lercio is an Italian site of news satire providing humorous and grotesque articles, headlines, polls and other columns to satirize the tone and format of sensationalistic press, in the style of The Onion.
The site, founded by Michele Incollu as a parody of the free press website Leggo (from which it takes the font of the logo and the sounding alike name), [1] published its first article on October 28, 2012. [2]
Lercio is edited by a satirical group that started writing punchlines on La Palestra, a school of comedy writing in the website of the Italian popular comedian Daniele Luttazzi, then founded Acido Lattico and finally joined the editorial staff of Lercio.
On September 13, 2014 Lercio revealed itself to the general public by winning best Italian website and best joke categories at Macchianera Internet Awards.
In November 2014 Lercio released its first book “Un anno Lercio”, published by Rizzoli and with a fake preface by Orson Welles.
In 2015 the renowned Accademia della Crusca in Florence, targeted by the collective in numerous articles, dedicated to Lercio one of its famous shovels.
On April 13, 2017, Lercio released its second book “Lo sporco che fa notizia”, published by Shockdom with a preface by Daniele Luttazzi and a cartoons introduction by Sio.
In August 2017 Lercio performed two shows at the 25th edition of the Sziget Festival in Budapest.
Since 2018 Lercio has been collaborating with famous satirical sites from all over Europe, such as Der Postillon (Germany), Le Gorafi (France) and El Mundo Today (Spain), exchanging and translating articles. [3]
In November 2018 two authors from the collective went to Ethiopia for a reportage to promoting a development project under the aegis of the international NGO AMREF. [4]
On December 6, 2018, with a preface by Giobbe Covatta and cover and internal drawings by Sara Pichelli, Lercio released its third book “La storia lercia del mondo”, again by Shockdom, composed almost exclusively of unpublished pieces.
From January 28, 2019, “Best of Lercio”, a selection of the best articles published in the past year, is available in the Audible library.
In June 2020, Lercio.it occupies 7th position in the ranking of Italian media interactions on social network sites. [5]
In July 2020, the website of the Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (Treccani) publishes an analysis about Lercio metalinguistic satire. [6]
On July 28, 2020, Lercio released its first quiz book “Vero o Lercio? Lo sporco che non ti aspetti”, published by Rizzoli.
The editorial staff of Lercio is often requested in institutes and universities, (e.g. CNR) to talk about the relationships between satire and fake news, and has taken part in important festivals throughout Italy, including the Cortona Mix Festival, Parole O_Stili, Prix Italia, Parole in Cammino - The Italian language festival, Futura Festival, Web Marketing Festival, Social Media Strategies, Perugia International Journalism Festival, Pisa Internet Festival and Lucca Comics & Games.
From 2017 to 2018 "TG Lercio" news videos were broadcast on television by DMAX.
On November 21, 2019, TG Lercio makes its debut on RAI television channel in TV show “Gli Stati Generali", hosted by Serena Dandini on Rai Tre national network.
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