http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/09/news-satire-is-harder-than-it-looks/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/09/news-satire-is-harder-than-it-looks/#comment-342706 Rick Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:41:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/09/news-satire-is-harder-than-it-looks/#comment-342706 I agree it's not easy, and there are probably too many news-satire sites. Nevertheless, I'm giving it a shot. Check it out: <a href="http://newslampoon.com">http://newslampoon.com</a> I agree it's not easy, and there are probably too many news-satire sites. Nevertheless, I'm giving it a shot. Check it out: http://newslampoon.com

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/09/news-satire-is-harder-than-it-looks/#comment-342705 horatio salt Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:21:07 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/09/news-satire-is-harder-than-it-looks/#comment-342705 I'd say there are two things a news satire site needs to be: funny...and well-written. The writing on 23/6 is stiff, leaden and boring. If the writing were better, I wouldn't even care if it made me smile or not. At least I'd be entertained. I like to think my own news satire site is, if not 'funny', at least mildly diverting and maybe even clever. And I do hope it's well-written. But that, of course, is for others to judge... I'd say there are two things a news satire site needs to be: funny…and well-written. The writing on 23/6 is stiff, leaden and boring. If the writing were better, I wouldn't even care if it made me smile or not. At least I'd be entertained. I like to think my own news satire site is, if not 'funny', at least mildly diverting and maybe even clever. And I do hope it's well-written. But that, of course, is for others to judge…

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