# Parody websites **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443 "2013-10-28T12:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/1 "2013-10-28T12:09:04Z")
I’ve noticed lately that a number of my Facebook friends, family and acquaintances are getting caught out by some of the lesser-known news parody sites and, while they may well be aware of The Onion, there are a lot more similar (if not quite as clever or popular) sites around as well. And given the propensity for public figures to say genuinely ridiculous things these days it would be helpful to have a list of as many parody news (and similar) websites as possible to help sift the real stories from the fake ones. I’m plunking this into GQ because I’m after names of websites rather than a deep discussion of their relative merits. And I am definitely looking to avoid the “ **FoxNews** (or whatever) is a parody of real news LOL” type comments that will usually ensue. So: here are a list of parody news websites I know of. Additional entries are requested: **The Onion NewsThump NewsBiscuit Evening Harold Duffelblog The Daily Mash The Spoof The Daily Currant The UnReal Times Faux News Borowitz Report (sort of) Derf Magazine** Any others I missed? I’m ignoring parody religious websites such as **Landover Baptist** or **Betty Bowers** as I’m looking to help avoid fake news stories rather than find general funny social commentary but feel free to add whichever ones you think are relevant. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/2 "2013-10-28T15:50:39Z")
Freewood Post MediaMass (which just this weekend hijacked Lou Reed’s death announcements with a death hoax announcement for him) ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/3 "2013-10-28T16:04:44Z")
Uncyclopedia is a parody of Wikipedia where the point is to write ridiculous articles. Use of memes such as Raptor Jesus and All Your Base Are Belong To Us is encouraged. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/4 "2013-10-28T16:23:13Z")
I occasionally see satirical or comedic fake news on the websites of real news organizations. Like “St. Paul Intelligencer’s Weekly Comedy Column with Bill Hicks” (title totally made up). That will trip you up no matter how diligent you are, because those bylines aren’t very prominent. Thankfully it isn’t usually the big national news outlets, but more local ones. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/5 "2013-10-28T16:27:46Z")
That’s one reason Andy Borowitz flies under the radar so often. The New Yorker isn’t known as a satire magazine, but they run the Borowitz Report, which is satire. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/6 "2013-10-28T16:54:26Z")
[The Adobo Chronicles](http://adobochronicles.com/) [The Brushback](http://www.thebrushback.com/) [CAP News](http://www.cap-news.com/) [Enduring Vision](http://www.enduringvision.com/index.php) [Indecision](http://www.comedycentral.com/indecision) [News Mutiny](http://www.newsmutiny.com/Index.html) [Private Eye](http://www.private-eye.co.uk/) [Satire Wire](http://www.satirewire.com/) [Sports Pickle](http://www.sportspickle.com/) [Sports Satire](http://www.sportssatire.com/) [Unconfirmed Sources](http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/7 "2013-10-28T17:15:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Private Eye](http://www.private-eye.co.uk/) Which also does some serious reporting when it feels like it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/8 "2013-10-28T17:23:53Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Which also does some serious reporting when it feels like it. I’m so used to their dead-tree version, I plum forgot they had a website. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/9 "2013-10-28T17:30:26Z")
The **Rumford Meteor** is a legitimate local newspaper with some of the best spoof headlines you’ll ever read. [Rumfordmeteor.com](http://Rumfordmeteor.com) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/10 "2013-10-28T20:32:21Z")
**[Avant News](http://www.avantnews.com/)** **[NewsNow](http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Current+Affairs/Satire)** [**The Specious Report**](http://www.thespeciousreport.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/11 "2013-10-28T21:17:09Z")
I’ve never heard of Derf Magazine, but the name jumped out at me. Any idea if it’s a product of John Backderf, who draws [The City](http://www.gocomics.com/thecity) under the pen-name of Derf? I just poked around the site a bit, and can’t find any mention of that. ---
**Author:** ![irontaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@irontaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irontaser)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/12 "2013-10-31T02:46:04Z")
[The New Healthcare Website](http://newhealthcaregov.com/) hahahah this is my favorite one right now. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/13 "2013-10-31T03:27:58Z")
> [@irontaser](#): > > [The New Healthcare Website](http://newhealthcaregov.com/) > > hahahah this is my favorite one right now. Moderator NOTE You evidently didn’t read the title of the forum–General Questions. You didn’t add to the list asked for by the OP. You simply got in a political zinger the way you did in Great Debates. No warning, but you’d better figure out how our site works rather quickly or you won’t be here. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/14 "2013-10-31T03:41:03Z")
Took a while to convince a cousin that [Landover Baptist Church](http://www.landoverbaptist.org/)was not real. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-websites/672443/15 "2013-10-31T10:32:30Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You evidently didn’t read the title of the forum–General Questions. You didn’t add to the list asked for by the OP. And you ( **irontaser** ) missed this in the OP: > [@Guy Rotting](#): > > And I am definitely looking to avoid the “ **FoxNews** (or whatever) is a parody of real news LOL” type comments that will usually ensue. Anyhoo: man, there are a lot of these websites. I really shouldn’t be surprised by anything on the Internet these days, but there you go.