The Daily Bonnet

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The Unger Review
Type of site
 Satirical website
Available inEnglish
Headquarters Steinbach, Manitoba
URL ungerreview.com [1]
Launched2016
Current status Online

The Daily Bonnet is a satirical Mennonite website, known as The Unger Review as of 2023. [2] It was created by Andrew Unger and launched in May 2016. [3] [4] It features news stories and editorials, with the structure of conventional newspapers, but whose content is contorted to make humorous commentary on Mennonite and Anabaptist issues. [5] [6] [7]

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The Daily Bonnet has been cited in the Manitoba Legislature [8] and used as an example of Mennonite humour in the Canadian House of Commons in support of a bill to create a Mennonite Heritage Week. [9] [10] [11] A number of viral posts including "Mennonite Biker Gangs Clash with Hells Angels at Sturgis" and "Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization" were fact-checked and listed as "satire" by Snopes and Politifact. [12] [13] [14] The site has been visited by millions of people every year since its inception. [15]

In 2021, a collection of Unger's Daily Bonnet articles called The Best of the Bonnet was released by Turnstone Press. [16]

In 2023, Unger renamed the website The Unger Review, [17] with The Daily Bonnet becoming a section of that website. [18] [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "The end of an era". Steinbachonline.com.
  2. ↑ Andrew Unger (March 24, 2023). "Mennonites are in the spotlight. Is my image-conscious community ready for the attention?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ Schwartz, Alexandra (March 25, 2019). "A Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Porter, Catherine (March 28, 2019). "Miriam Toews' Mennonite Conscience". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Downey Sawatzky, Beth (August 24, 2016). "Familiarity breeds good contentl". The Canadian Mennonite. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Huber, Tim (July 4, 2016). "Satire news site pokes fun at Mennonite quirks". Mennonite World Review. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Suderman, Brenda (August 13, 2016). "Poking fun from within". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Legislative Assembly of Manitoba" . Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ "House of Commons Debates" . Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ Cory Funk. "Oh ya! Parliament declares Mennonite Heritage Week". CBC. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ Connor Gerbrandt. "Mennonite Heritage Gets It's[sic] Own Week of Recognition" . Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Fact Check: Mennonite Biker Gangs Clash with Hells Angels at Sturgis?". Snopes.com. August 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Did Canada Pay Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization?". Snopes.com. October 22, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Did Canada pay off its debt a day after legalizing marijuana? No". Politifact. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Satirist puts Mennonite twist on pandemic". Winnipeg Free Press. April 3, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Mennonite do have a sense of humour and Andrew Unger's collection proves it". Prairie Books Now. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  17. ↑ Andrew Unger (March 24, 2023). "Mennonites are in the spotlight. Is my image-conscious community ready for the attention?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ "The end of an era". Steinbachonline.com.
  19. ↑ "The Unger Review Interview". Mennotoba. February 6, 2023.
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