List of satirical news websites

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This is a list of notable satirical news websites which have a satirical bent, are parodies of news, or consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes.

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Definition

The best-known example is The Onion , the online version of which started in 1996. [1] These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not to be confused with fake news that has the intent to mislead. News satire is popular on the web, where it is relatively easy to mimic a credible news source and stories may achieve wide distribution from nearly any site.

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List of satirical news websites
NameCountryFounded
Adequacy.org United States 2001
Al-Hudood Jordan 2013
Awaze Tribune Eritrea 2016
The Babylon Bee United States 2016
Bbspot United States 2000
The Beaverton Canada 2010
The Betoota Advocate Australia 2014
Borowitz Report United States 2001
The Burrard Street Journal Canada 2015
The Chaser Australia 1999
El Chigüire Bipolar Venezuela 2008
The Civilian New Zealand 2013
ClickHole United States 2014
Cracked United States 2007
Christwire United States 2008
The Daily Bonnet Canada 2016
The Daily Mash United Kingdom 2007
The Daily Squib United Kingdom 2007
The Daily WTF United States 2004
The DailyER United States 2008
De Speld Netherlands 2007
The eXile Russia 1998
Der Postillon Germany 2008
Duffel Blog United States 2012
El Koshary Today Egypt 2008
Fognews Russia 2012
The Framley Examiner United Kingdom 2001
Free Wood Post United States 2011
Hard Drive United States 2017
The Hard Times United States 2014
Humor Times United States 1991
Huzlers United States 2014
Islamica News United States 1999
Le Journal de Mourréal  [ fr ] Canada (Québec)2012
Khabaristan Times Pakistan 2014
Kyoko Shimbun  [ ja ] Japan 2004
Landover Baptist Church United States 1998
Le Gorafi France 2012
Lark News United States 2003
The Lemon Press United Kingdom 2009
Lercio Italy 2012
El Mundo Today Spain 2009
National Report United States 2013
Neurococi.ro  [ ro ] Romania 2017
NewsBiscuit United Kingdom 2006
NewsThump United Kingdom 2009
Njuz.net  [ sr ] Serbia 2010
Nordpresse  [ fr ] Belgium 2014
The Onion United States 1996
The Oxymoron United Kingdom 2007
The Poke United Kingdom 2002
Panorama Russia 2017
Private Eye United Kingdom 1997 [lower-alpha 1]
Il Quotidiano Pazzo Italy 2007
Reductress United States 2013
The Rochdale Herald United Kingdom 2016
SatireWire United States 2010
ScrappleFace United States 2002
Sensacionalista  [ pt ] Brazil 2009
The Fauxy India 2018
Topeka News United States 2008
The True North Times Canada 2014
The UnReal Times India 2011
Timesnewroman.ro  [ ro ] Romania 2009
Walking Eagle News Canada 2017
Waterford Whispers News Ireland 2009
Weekly World News United States 2009
World News Daily Report Canada 2013
Zaytung Turkey 2010

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Notes

  1. Private Eye in printed magazine format existed before the website, and was founded in 1961.

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The Daily Mash is a British satirical website providing parodic commentary on current affairs and other news stories. Neil Rafferty and Paul Stokes, created the website in 2007 and remain the lead writers. Both writers earn salaries from the enterprise and also employ freelance contributors. The publication has garnered praise for its absurd, scatological humour and insightful political satire. The current editor is comedy writer and former BBC journalist Tim Telling. The Daily Mash has often been compared to the US publication The Onion.

<i>The Michigan Every Three Weekly</i>

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<i>Duffel Blog</i>

Duffel Blog is an American military news satire organization featuring satirical articles reporting on national security and US military topics. It is often described as "the military version of The Onion." It was founded in March 2012 by Marine veteran Paul Szoldra, originally as a way to drive web traffic to the now defunct website CollegeVeteran.com.

"The UnReal Times" was an Indian satire, spoof, parody and humour portal featuring satirical articles on politics, entertainment, cricket, media, international affairs and society. Founded in 2011, the portal publishes fake news reports, comic strips, mock transcripts, fake Facebook and Twitter conversations among other formats, combining irreverent humour with biting satire in its commentary on current events. The Unreal Times has been referred to as The Onion of India, most notably by tech blog makeuseof.com. The Unreal Times shut down in November, 2016 for unknown reasons.

<i>The Daily Currant</i>

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National Report is a fake news website that posts fictional articles related to world events. It is described by Snopes.com as a fake news site, by FactCheck.org as a satirical site, and by The Washington Post as part of a fake-news industry, making profits from "duping gullible Internet users with deceptively newsy headlines." The National Report describes itself as a "news and political satire web publication" and provides a disclaimer that "all news articles contained within National Report are fiction".

ClickHole is a satirical website that parodies clickbait websites such as BuzzFeed and Upworthy. It was launched on June 12, 2014, in conjunction with The Onion's decision to stop its print edition and shift its focus exclusively to the internet. According to ClickHole's senior editor, Jermaine Affonso, the website is "The Onion's response to click-bait content" and serves as "a parody of online media". Critics noted that, on a deeper level, ClickHole illustrates the shallow nature of social media content and media sites' desperation to share such content.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waterford Whispers News</span> Irish satire news website

Waterford Whispers News (WWN) is an Irish satirical news website run by Colm Williamson and based in Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland. The site has been called Ireland's answer to U.S. satirical media company, The Onion, and has been the source of several satirical articles that gained international notability, including: North Korea Lands First Ever Man On The Sun, Confirms Central News Agency, and "Jesus Not Coming Back By The Looks Of It" Admits Vatican.

<i>The Babylon Bee</i> Satirical website

The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on topics including religion, politics, current events, and public figures. It has been referred to as a Christian or conservative version of The Onion.

<i>Reductress</i> American feminist satire website

Reductress is an American satire website that parodies the style, tone, and perspective of media targeted towards women, especially women's magazines. Founded in 2013 by comedians Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo, the site has received praise from reviewers for its satirical pieces including advice columns, news stories, and listicles.

The Beaverton is a Canadian news satire television comedy series, which premiered on The Comedy Network in 2016. Based on the satirical online publication of the same name, the series follows the format of a mock television newscast, parodying both the content and the form of contemporary television news.

World News Daily Report (WNDR) was a satirical fake news website purporting to be an American Jewish Zionist newspaper based in Tel Aviv and dedicated to covering biblical archeology news and other mysteries around the globe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NewsThump</span>

NewsThump is a British news satire website that publishes spoof articles about current events. It is similar to other British news satire sites such as The Daily Mash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lercio</span> Italian news satire website

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Fauxy</span> Indian satire website

The Fauxy is an Indian satirical website that publish satirical articles on current events, entertainment, sports and public figures. It has been referred to as India's answer to The Onion.

References

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