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#4056749 - 12/28/14 04:48 AM Funny news parody  
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Does anyone remember a video posted earlier this year of a news parody? It basically employed all the usual tactics to sensationalize even the most mundane stories while literally not providing any information at all.

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#4056780 - 12/28/14 09:54 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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#4056783 - 12/28/14 10:20 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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I remember it,not sure I could find it now though.


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#4056799 - 12/28/14 11:58 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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Only this one comes to mind:
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#4057076 - 12/29/14 09:22 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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Originally Posted By: BlueHeron
Does anyone remember a video posted earlier this year of a news parody? It basically employed all the usual tactics to sensationalize even the most mundane stories while literally not providing any information at all.





Mmmmm..... Was there ever such a parody and .... some sort of difference?

I see exactly this every day when I flick on the TV, or, click on a 'New's' link within the web!!!





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#4057888 - 12/31/14 12:13 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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Originally Posted By: BlueHeron
Does anyone remember a video posted earlier this year of a news parody? It basically employed all the usual tactics to sensationalize even the most mundane stories while literally not providing any information at all.




You just described the CBC...


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#4057897 - 12/31/14 12:38 AM Re: Funny news parody [Re: BlueHeron]  
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...and every other news network world wide.


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