Andy Borowitz on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Afraid to Watch the News, Millions Turn to Fox

2011-03-21T02:54:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

With unprecedented crises engulfing the world, millions of television viewers are finding the news too stressful to watch—and are turning to the Fox News Channel instead.

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Etch A Sketch 2 Takes Gadget World by Storm

2011-03-14T02:59:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

A new combatant entered the so-called tablet war today, and it’s already getting a big thumbs up from gadget aficionados: the Etch A Sketch 2.

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Unemployment Rose Last Week by Two and a Half Men

2011-03-07T06:48:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

But in a possible boost for the California economy, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer today announced plans to begin marketing a new blockbuster drug called Charlie Sheen.

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Ahmadinejad Promises Democratic Reforms in Egypt

2011-02-20T23:58:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

“Your call for democratic freedoms has been heard loud and clear,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the protesters. “And soon, they will be instituted in Egypt, where you can visit them.”

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Republicans Cut Shirts From Budget

2011-02-14T00:39:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

The lawmakers, who call themselves the Shirtless Republicans and are led by Rep. Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., appeared in the Capitol rotunda this morning naked from the waist up.

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Obama to Resort to Communicating With Mubarak in Caps

2011-02-07T08:20:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

Concerned that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak did not receive his message to begin a peaceful transition to democratic reforms, President Barack Obama said today that he would resend the message, “but this time in all caps.”

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Michele Bachmann Proposes ‘Don’t Add, Don’t Spell’

2011-01-31T03:48:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

In addition, Bachmann suggested slashing the federal budget by eliminating nine of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. “I think you know which one I’d keep,” she chuckled.

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In New Era of Civility, GOP Says Obama Born ‘Near America’

2011-01-24T02:50:00+00:00

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

In a memo, House Speaker John Boehner explained, “From now on, we will say that he was born nearish America, and perhaps even as close as Cuba.”

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