tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post7193064199381186537..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: High-Fives for Fake NewsROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-81501586468429398472008-08-25T11:40:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:40:00.000-04:00Fake news is a demanding artform but an addictive ...Fake news is a demanding artform but an addictive one. I wrote a <A HREF="http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard#UnNews" REL="nofollow">pile of stuff</A> over the last couple of years for <A HREF="http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Main_Page" REL="nofollow">Uncyclopedia UnNews</A> over the last couple of years - when UnNews is bad it's so-so, when it's great it's hilarious, and mostly it's good as a place where kids can be rotten.<BR/><BR/>There's some bloody awful fake news. I beta-test all my stuff on my family, who've learnt to put up with it. If they don't laugh out loud, it gets recycled for ideas!<BR/><BR/>I now write a fake news blog of my own (for vanishingly small amounts of <I>money!</I>) at http://notnews.today.com/ . Tell you what though, if I just wanted raw hits I'd write nothing but <A HREF="http://notnews.today.com/2008/08/21/30/" REL="nofollow">Microsoft jokes</A> and link 'em from Slashdot. (That Microsoft article is the most popular thing so far about 10:1 and is still 2:1 over the second placer in today's stats.)<BR/><BR/>Nice to see someone talking about fake news and its place in the world :-)David Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057086390864018760noreply@blogger.com