Posted on 09/29/2014 3:38:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
No, FR is not trying to quash satire. However, it should be clearly labeled as such in the title. Some people seem to think it's great trickling our readers into falling for satire. It's not. A lot of people come to FR and scan the headlines clicking on articles of interest. If they're not familiar with the author or source, they may be misled and may even pass it on to others. No thanks.If you post satire, please label it as "satire' in the title.
Thanks
Some of this thread illustates his point pretty well.
Oh please, this is satire/political parody. Why is a warning label even necessary!?
Part of the fun of good satire is that moment when you realize, “Geez, he really had me going!”
It’s not Orson Welles in “War of the Worlds” throwing an entire nation into panic (even after he warned his radio audience at the start that it was fiction).
The real problem is this crazy world we live in where the real headlines are more bizarre than anybody’s fertile imagination.
Satire warning label.....come on.
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