It's Not News, It's Fark
How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
by Drew Curtis · first published 2007
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While comedy shows report funny fake news, Fark.com features funny real news. On slow news days, mainstream media still has to deliver. Fark founder Drew Curtis has noticed several distinct patterns used to turn non-news into the news you see each day. These include: fear-mongering in the absence of facts; the bogus press release, which states a new finding but fails to explain where the numbers came from; media fatigue, when the media exhaust every angle of an existing story rather than digging for something new; and the coverage given to such events as brides who don't want to get married, f
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If you haven't read "It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News"[1] by Drew Curtis, then I highly recommend it to explain quite a lot of the process and thinking of the news. It might not be the most serious, and it…
on “Good News You May Have Missed in 2014” ↗I think the book "It's not news, it's FARK" is the best thing that Drew Curtis has ever done. http://www.fark.com/2007/book/
on “News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier” ↗It's Not News, It's FARK by Drew Curtis Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
on “Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.” ↗It's Not News, it's fark: http://www.fark.com/2007/book/ Not like the book said anything original, but it has some truly hilarious examples taken from years for following silly stories.
on “Why is the news media comfortable with lying about science?” ↗In Drew Curtis's book It's Not News, It's Fark, he talks about how more than anything, the media loves talking about media, because they understand it the most. That means any huge story almost inevitably turns into reports of "Has the media gone…
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