It’s labeled semi-news, semi-satire because it blends absurd quotes with real facts. The story is real, but it’s presented in a way that exaggerates (not by much) the naked use of power to steal private property as a reward for those with political connections.
Ok. I see.
That is a good explanation, Pollster1.
Mr. John Semmens has it tough for this niche (as I have often told him) because any kind of satire is now nearly impossible to do, unless you throw in some kind of reference to zombies, vampires or the eating of human babies.
And even then.
I hope people don’t skewer Mr. Semmens on this, since we need his kind of satire on this site, if not to illustrate amply to us that, in these times, there is often not much distance between satire and reality.
Thanks for posting your explanation as well, AW...I will check out the links.
Sorry, I didn’t read one word of exaggeration in the article above. The only thing reconstructed may be the final quote, which is “fake, but accurate.”