Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Spinoffs I'd like to see
On the last episode of the great podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, the panelists discussed potential spinoffs. I made my own list. Please to enjoy.
1. "Troy and Abed in the Morning" - does this need an explanation?
2. "Dharma and Cregg" - Alison Janney's West Wing character takes that billion dollar job offer at the end of the series, but ends up on a mysterious island.
3. "You Again?" - Rob Lowe plays both his character from The West Wing and his character from Parks and Recreation, who discover *SPOILER* they are THE SAME PERSON.
4. "Infinite Jess" - After a relapse into caffeine pill addiction, former Bayside graduate and Rhodes Scholar Jessie Spano becomes a critically-acclaimed author, but will her upper addiction wreck her new career?
5. "Hogwarts and All" - A prequel series to Harry Potter, in which Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore try to teach children magic and morals while dealing with the smoldering sexual tension between them.
1. "Troy and Abed in the Morning" - does this need an explanation?
2. "Dharma and Cregg" - Alison Janney's West Wing character takes that billion dollar job offer at the end of the series, but ends up on a mysterious island.
3. "You Again?" - Rob Lowe plays both his character from The West Wing and his character from Parks and Recreation, who discover *SPOILER* they are THE SAME PERSON.
4. "Infinite Jess" - After a relapse into caffeine pill addiction, former Bayside graduate and Rhodes Scholar Jessie Spano becomes a critically-acclaimed author, but will her upper addiction wreck her new career?
5. "Hogwarts and All" - A prequel series to Harry Potter, in which Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore try to teach children magic and morals while dealing with the smoldering sexual tension between them.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Apple Kills Star Trek
A while back, my friend asked me to do a voice in a video. Yesterday, it hit the front page of Reddit. Here it is:
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A bit of a change...
I started The Fake News about a decade ago. As time has passed, I have ended up writing less and less news satire and more and more of everything else. So The Fake News will now officially become Jimmywellington.com.
You'll still occasionally see news satire, but this site will become more of a place for multiple forms of humor. Thanks for the support over the years, and I hope this change will lead to an increase in productivity.
You've no doubt noticed the new layout. I figured that a major change should be accompanied by a new look. You'll see more tweaks in the near future. I'm also disabling comments. Each post I make receives hundreds (sometimes thousands) of spam comments. Yes, I use a spam filter, but the signal-to-noise ratio is just about zero.
If you really feel the need to respond to something, send me an email at thefakenews@gmail.com.
Thanks again for the support over the years, and I hope you keep coming back.
- Jimmy
You'll still occasionally see news satire, but this site will become more of a place for multiple forms of humor. Thanks for the support over the years, and I hope this change will lead to an increase in productivity.
You've no doubt noticed the new layout. I figured that a major change should be accompanied by a new look. You'll see more tweaks in the near future. I'm also disabling comments. Each post I make receives hundreds (sometimes thousands) of spam comments. Yes, I use a spam filter, but the signal-to-noise ratio is just about zero.
If you really feel the need to respond to something, send me an email at thefakenews@gmail.com.
Thanks again for the support over the years, and I hope you keep coming back.
- Jimmy
Mars Curiosity Rover Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
(This was originally posted a while back, but the post was deleted while troubleshooting)
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Quick, IDKFA! IDKFARRRRRGHH![/caption]
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Quick, IDKFA! IDKFARRRRRGHH![/caption]
Monday, August 06, 2012
Christian Fundamentalist Group Proposes New Bible Translation
In 1517, Martin Luther wrote his “Ninety-Five Theses,” setting the stage for the Protestant Reformation. Nearly five centuries later, a small group of revolutionaries are planning to repeat history.
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We'll tell you what Jesus meant.[/caption]
If you looked at Chris Garrison, you wouldn’t see someone brimming with religious fervor. Appearances can be deceiving, however, as the twenty-one year old is attempting to change the way the Bible is understood.
Garrison is leading a movement seeking to introduce a new translation of the Bible into churches worldwide.
Known as the NFV, or New Fundamentalist Version, this translation attempts to make the teachings of Jesus easier to understand for Christians.
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We'll tell you what Jesus meant.[/caption]If you looked at Chris Garrison, you wouldn’t see someone brimming with religious fervor. Appearances can be deceiving, however, as the twenty-one year old is attempting to change the way the Bible is understood.
Garrison is leading a movement seeking to introduce a new translation of the Bible into churches worldwide.
Known as the NFV, or New Fundamentalist Version, this translation attempts to make the teachings of Jesus easier to understand for Christians.
Monday, July 09, 2012
Is "Kevin" a jerk for not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?
OK, I know this isn’t really “fake news,” but oh well. I’ve been seeing the cartoon pictured here (created by Steve Breen) on quite a few of my friends’ Facebook walls. While at first glance, the message of the cartoon seems like something everyone can get behind, upon further thought, the cartoon is perpetuating several ideas that people believe even though they are not true.
From the comments that inevitably accompany the posting of this cartoon, I’m supposed to think that “Kevin” is an asshole. The artist chose to depict the young man with his feet up on his desk. The problem with this is that while perhaps this young man is not standing to say the pledge because he’s lazy or a prick, this young man is meant to represent anyone who chooses not to stand. So, problem number one is that this cartoon is saying that anyone who doesn’t stand for the pledge is doing so because he’s just being a punk. Since many people who choose not to stand do so for, you know, a reason, Breen commits a classic ‘strawman” fallacy.
Secondly, regardless of the reason that Kevin refuses to stand, which I’ll get to in a minute, the teacher points out that Kevin is acting within his rights. In West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students could not be compelled to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The teacher’s subtext here is “I am going to publicly shame you for choosing to exercise your rights.” If the marine protected the student’s right to stay seated, isn’t the student choosing to exercise this right a validation of the marine’s sacrifice? If the marine is upset, perhaps he had a different motivation. You can’t say you’re defending someone’s rights, then become upset when they exercise those rights that you defended. Free speech protection does not protect speech which the majority agrees, because that would be superfluous. It protects unpopular speech.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
WTFN All Episodes
Season 1 of WTFN is all here for your enjoyment. Share it with your friends and enemies.
Episode 6 was written by Ben Dickson. Check out more of his work here.
Episode 6 was written by Ben Dickson. Check out more of his work here.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Greatest April Fool's Day Pranks of All Time Roundup Roundup.
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While real journalists go out and “interview” people and “write things down,” today’s media sources have taken to commenting on existing material. Every April 1, one can expect to find hundreds of run-downs of “The Greatest April Fool’s Day Pranks of All Time!” Here at The Fake News, we think this is bullshit. Journalism doesn’t get a day off. How hard is it to just compile a list of things from the internet and add a few comments?
To bring attention to this unacceptable practice, here are a few of the round-ups making the rounds this year.
1. The Vancouver Sun – The Sun is cheating even more than usual. All they have done is provide a link to a pre-existing video listing the greatest April Fool’s Day pranks. Do some work!
2. Trendy Gamers – This site lists the top ten video game related pranks of all time. What they fail to mention is that this caveat places the overall ranking of these pranks down around 15,000-30,000 in the “overall pranks” rankings.
3. V101.9 FM – The now-standard “Why do original content, let’s just embed some YouTube clips in an article and go out drinking” technique.
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5. Random Perspective - You have to hand it to this guy. He was able to find pranks that nobody else is reporting.
[/caption]While real journalists go out and “interview” people and “write things down,” today’s media sources have taken to commenting on existing material. Every April 1, one can expect to find hundreds of run-downs of “The Greatest April Fool’s Day Pranks of All Time!” Here at The Fake News, we think this is bullshit. Journalism doesn’t get a day off. How hard is it to just compile a list of things from the internet and add a few comments?
To bring attention to this unacceptable practice, here are a few of the round-ups making the rounds this year.
1. The Vancouver Sun – The Sun is cheating even more than usual. All they have done is provide a link to a pre-existing video listing the greatest April Fool’s Day pranks. Do some work!
2. Trendy Gamers – This site lists the top ten video game related pranks of all time. What they fail to mention is that this caveat places the overall ranking of these pranks down around 15,000-30,000 in the “overall pranks” rankings.
3. V101.9 FM – The now-standard “Why do original content, let’s just embed some YouTube clips in an article and go out drinking” technique.
4.
5. Random Perspective - You have to hand it to this guy. He was able to find pranks that nobody else is reporting.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Newt Gingrich Threatens to Leave Race Unless America Agrees to Open Presidency
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After Rush Limbaugh calls America "sick," Newt Gingrich begins looking for other presidencies.
South Carolina -
A presidential primary becoming known for its galvanic swings of support behind each candidate took another turn today, as news broke that Newt Gingrich, now considered a possible genuine threat to a Mitt Romney nomination, is quietly looking into running for the presidency of other countries.
The reports followed a diatribe by popular radio host Rush Limbaugh, who said, “This country is sick. President Obama, if that is his real name, has been systematically destroying this country. I wouldn’t be surprised if it has a few years left to live, if that.”
While this news may surprise some, those who have been following the news about Mr. Gingrich’s private life have been expecting it.
In 1981 Mr. Gingrich divorced his first wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. In 2000, he divorced his second wife, who had recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“After hearing Limbaugh’s comments, Newt began asking other countries if they were interested in him being their president,” said a Gingrich campaign official, speaking anonymously. “He’s been running Mexico on a trial basis, but he wants to wait for a commitment from them before dropping out of the US race.”
[/caption]After Rush Limbaugh calls America "sick," Newt Gingrich begins looking for other presidencies.
South Carolina -
A presidential primary becoming known for its galvanic swings of support behind each candidate took another turn today, as news broke that Newt Gingrich, now considered a possible genuine threat to a Mitt Romney nomination, is quietly looking into running for the presidency of other countries.
The reports followed a diatribe by popular radio host Rush Limbaugh, who said, “This country is sick. President Obama, if that is his real name, has been systematically destroying this country. I wouldn’t be surprised if it has a few years left to live, if that.”
While this news may surprise some, those who have been following the news about Mr. Gingrich’s private life have been expecting it.
In 1981 Mr. Gingrich divorced his first wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. In 2000, he divorced his second wife, who had recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“After hearing Limbaugh’s comments, Newt began asking other countries if they were interested in him being their president,” said a Gingrich campaign official, speaking anonymously. “He’s been running Mexico on a trial basis, but he wants to wait for a commitment from them before dropping out of the US race.”
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Friday, November 25, 2011
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