Showing posts with label fake news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fake news. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Seven out of ten
As a lover of (intentionally) fake news, I had a go at the Guardian's spot the April Fools news quiz. I got seven out of ten right, and a suggestion that I might be about to try my own hoax...
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Fake ending to fake war
In some ways it is highly appropriate that a fake newspaper should announce the end of the Iraq war, which was based on lies. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of real people have died along the way and people are still being killed.
The idea of filling a newspaper with "all the news we hope to print" is an interesting one. But aren't a lot of papers full of speculation wishful thinking and, well, made up stuff already?
The idea of filling a newspaper with "all the news we hope to print" is an interesting one. But aren't a lot of papers full of speculation wishful thinking and, well, made up stuff already?
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