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Satirical Article About PM Khan And Manchester United Taken Literally By International Media – AGAIN!
It was fun while it lasted!
By Rumaisa Khalil Uddin On Oct 8, 2020
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Mirror Football, a UK-based media outlet, recently mistook a satire post. After reading that Imran Khan criticized Manchester United’s leadership, Mirror Football posted their own story:
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However, the UK-based media outlet completely missed out on the fact that the original story was by a satire media outlet known as The Dependent, which is famous for posting made-up stories.
In the made-up story, Imran Khan was quoted as saying:
Mirror Football overlooked the satire in the post and posted it as a legitimate story on its website. However, when they realized the misunderstanding, the media outlet took down the story and the post on Twitter.
Nevertheless, it was on the internet long enough to cause a meltdown on Twitter.
Some people sarcastically built more on The Dependent’s post:
While others educated Mirror Football about satire:
Shockingly, there were quite a few who took the story literally too:
After noticing the Twitter trend, The Dependent played one final shot and took a dig at Mirror Football, Imran Khan, and Harry Maguire, killing three birds with one stone.
It should be noted that the media outlet ‘The Dependent’ is in itself a parody of the famous media outlet ‘The Independent’. Hence, it is apparent that they only post sarcastic stories on real-life situations and issues.
This incident isn’t the first time a story by The Dependent was taken seriously, and if the parody media outlet keeps up its satire game, this probably won’t be the last.
What are your thoughts on this? Please share with us in the comment section below.
It was fun while it lasted!
By Rumaisa Khalil Uddin On Oct 8, 2020
0
Share
Mirror Football, a UK-based media outlet, recently mistook a satire post. After reading that Imran Khan criticized Manchester United’s leadership, Mirror Football posted their own story:
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Oct 5, 2020
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Oct 5, 2020
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Sep 26, 2020
However, the UK-based media outlet completely missed out on the fact that the original story was by a satire media outlet known as The Dependent, which is famous for posting made-up stories.
In the made-up story, Imran Khan was quoted as saying:
Mirror Football overlooked the satire in the post and posted it as a legitimate story on its website. However, when they realized the misunderstanding, the media outlet took down the story and the post on Twitter.
Nevertheless, it was on the internet long enough to cause a meltdown on Twitter.
Some people sarcastically built more on The Dependent’s post:
While others educated Mirror Football about satire:
Shockingly, there were quite a few who took the story literally too:
After noticing the Twitter trend, The Dependent played one final shot and took a dig at Mirror Football, Imran Khan, and Harry Maguire, killing three birds with one stone.
It should be noted that the media outlet ‘The Dependent’ is in itself a parody of the famous media outlet ‘The Independent’. Hence, it is apparent that they only post sarcastic stories on real-life situations and issues.
This incident isn’t the first time a story by The Dependent was taken seriously, and if the parody media outlet keeps up its satire game, this probably won’t be the last.
What are your thoughts on this? Please share with us in the comment section below.
