Updated February 15, 2016.
National Report
National Report burst on the scene in 2013 with a take-no-prisoners approach to political satire. Its content seems calculated more to push readers' buttons than to make them laugh, which may explain why it's often mistaken for real news by the very folks whose views it aims to skewer. Fortunately, as of Feb. 2014 NationalReport.net had reinstated its now-you-see-it-now-you-don't disclaimer page identifying the site as satirical. Don't be fooled! More »
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NewsWatch33
Here's another site that takes a no-holds-barred approach to making up the news. Its disclaimer page states that some of site's content is satirical, but I've found nothing on it that looks like actual news. Many of the articles, in fact, appear to based on long-debunked Internet rumors and hoaxes. Don't be tempted to take this site seriously. More »
The Onion
The Onion was founded as a weekly satirical newspaper in 1988, billing itself from day one as "America's Finest News Source." The web version, TheOnion.com, was launched in 1996 and, unlike many of its imitators, remains consistently incisive and hilarious. That The Onion is America's finest satirical news source is beyond doubt. More »
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The Racket Report
"Reporting what the mainstream media won't tell you," reads the tagline of this website — and for good reason. The Racket Report's articles "may or may not use real names, always a semi real and/or mostly, or substantially, fictitious ways," says its About Us page. "That means some stories on this website are fictitious." Some stories? I have looked in vain for any non-fictitious content on the site. There is none. More »
The Spoof
This site's owners aren't coy about what they're up to. "All items on this website are fictitious," says the disclaimer on every page. With a name like "The Spoof," you'd think there could be no doubt, but this is, after all, the Internet. Stories here are 100% reader-submitted and range from laugh-out-loud funny to just plain dumb. More »
Weekly World News
Originally a supermarket tabloid best known for covering Elvis sightings, alien abductions, Nostradamus prophecies and the like, Weekly World News ceased to exist as a print publication in 2007 but lives on thanks to the Internet, still covering Elvis sightings, alien abductions, and Nostradamus prophecies. Why mess with a winning formula? More »
World News Daily Report
Noteworthy for such preposterous headlines as "Dead Cow Brought Back to Life by Lightning" and "Kentucky Man Sentenced to 235,451 Years in Jail," this tabloid-style site emphasizes the "faux" in faux journalism. The disclaimer page states: "All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle."
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