How did satire get so stupid? Not long ago, satire reigned as the highest form of comedy. It could shake political regimes, and spur social change. But in the Internet age, satire mostly subsists as ...

We found that labeling an article as “satire” was uniquely effective. Users were less likely to believe stories labeled as satire, were less likely to share them and saw the source as less credible.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own," said Jonathan Swift, the gifted 18th-century lasher of human hypocrisy. "Which is the chief reason ...

Offensive games are touchy subjects, and the concept of "offense" itself is a tricky, fluid thing. What offends one person doesn't offend another, and occasionally offense can be used as a tool for ...

Few observers of global discourse range as widely as Elnathan John, the novelist, satirist, and lawyer who frequently participates online and off in conversations about art, politics, and culture ...

The Onion, The Babylon Bee and the fittingly named SatireWire have become infamous for their satirical news stories. Few could mistake their respective posts on social media as legitimate news, but ...

Did you know that Veggie Tales, the beloved Christian cartoon for kids, recently introduced a new character named Cannabis Carl in celebration of recreational marijuana? They didn't, actually. That ...

Satire is supposed to prick people's consciences and challenge the powerful - but is that possible in a society where no-one can agree the basis of right and wrong, asks Will Self. In the wake of the ...

A transgender broadcaster satire confessed an episode of cutting ties with a friend after winning the Rookie of the Year award. On the 16th, we talked about 'Friend Villain' in YouTube content 'Cal ...

On 13 March 2012, the Free Wood Post website published an article ("Fox News Classified Satire by FCC") positing that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had reclassified Fox News "from a ...