# I'm sick of all these "parody news" sites

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**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-all-these-parody-news-sites/702219 "2014-10-23T02:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-all-these-parody-news-sites/702219/1 "2014-10-23T02:01:16Z")

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So, I was never a huge fan of The Onion, but I admit they have their moments, and, at the very least, everyone knows they’re fake.

But I’m so sick of these stupid, clickbait, fake news sites that just get off on seeing how many people fall for their ridiculous stories. There are so many, you can’t possibly keep track of them, which is exactly what they want. They’re not parody, they’re not satire, they’re not even funny, they’re just lies.

And I’m so sick of how many people actually fall for this crap!

This is the one that popped on my Facebook newsfeed today (I almost hate to link it and give them the clicks):

[CDC Whistleblower Exposes Ebola Vaccinations Containing RFID Chips](http://nationalreport.net/cdc-whistleblower-exposes-ebola-vaccinations-containing-rfid-chips/#sthash.mbei2OHO.Wk1oFhan.dpuf)

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> A CDC whistleblower has recently gone on record to expose nefarious government plans which would use the impending US Ebola pandemic as an opportunity to implant RFID technology in American citizens.

Really people? If it sounds that crazy, don’t share it without doing a little research. And if you don’t want to click around the site long enough to actually realize what a load it is, at least [snopes](http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/rfidebola.asp)it.