Andy Borowitz on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Shirtless President-Elect Creates Crisis of Confidence

2008-12-28T20:44:00+00:00

Global markets swooned this week in reaction to photos showing that President-elect Barack Obama had lost his shirt.

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Caroline Kennedy Asks to Be Time’s Person of the Year

2008-12-22T09:35:00+00:00

Caroline Kennedy would like to be considered Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2009 and has let the magazine’s editor know of her interest in the honor, aides to Ms. Kennedy confirmed this week.

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Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

2008-11-24T12:13:00+00:00

In the first two weeks after the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the last eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

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Palling Around With Meteorologists

2008-10-12T22:33:00+00:00

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on the attack today, claiming that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has long-standing ties to The Weather Channel.

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Palin’s Secret to Instant Knowledge

2008-09-21T21:57:00+00:00

GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said today that she was “delighted” with her performance in a much-publicized ABC News interview with Charlie Gibson and gave credit to her “trusty Magic 8-Ball” for helping her come up with answers to “some darn tricky questions,” according to this satirical report.

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Remark Returns to Bite the Governor

2008-09-15T19:55:00+00:00

In this tongue-in-cheek report, we learn that pit bull lovers don’t love Palin’s “lipstick” comment.

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Pollsters Probe the Big Bigot Bloc

2008-09-08T05:57:00+00:00

The racists of America are definitely not in the undecided column in the Obama-McCain contest, according to this tongue-in-cheek report.

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Don’t Lick the Medals

2008-08-24T23:11:00+00:00

All that glitters is not gold, this tongue-in-cheek dispatch from the Beijing Olympics warns.

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Athlete Without Compelling Personal Drama Expelled From Olympics

2008-08-18T07:24:00+00:00

A member of the U.S. Olympic diving team was disqualified from competition today when it was learned that he did not have a sufficiently compelling human story line to exploit on the NBC telecast of the worldwide sporting event.

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Plodding Down the Information Superhighway

2008-07-27T22:46:00+00:00

In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain today embarked on a historic first-ever visit to the Internet.

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