Definitely saving this pretty darn thorough list of fake/parody/satire/bad online news outlets from John R. Ellis for future reference.
Originally shared by John R. Ellis
Fake, Parody, or Unreliable “News” websites
Awhile back I started compiling a list of unreliable news sources on a reshared post, but it’s gotten so long and unwieldy I need a fresh start that can be updated and reshared. Some of these say in the About section that every story is fiction. Others, which are more conspiratorial, have fiction interspersed with sometimes real stories, although with added conspiracies and fear mongering distortions. Be skeptical of any site that claims to be “Alternative News” that the New World Order/Illuminati don’t want you to know. (If that were true, the Reptilians would vaporize the site, duh!, or at least use HAARP to activate your RFID brain implant to keep you from reading it.)
I have tried to mark some of the parody/satire ones to set them apart from the conspiracy ones. I’ve not tried to include TV news or shows. Some are listed under both the common name and the website name – so maybe a search will pick up either one and direct here. I’ll try to keep them in roughly alphabetic order (the “The” is problematic), and update them as you comment with additional ones – so you might come back periodically to see the latest version:
22 Words
Above Top Secret
Alternet.org
All News Pipeline
Americanfreepress.net
AmericanNews.com
Answers in Genesis
Beaverton – parody/satire
Before It’s News
BeforeItsNews.com
Betoota Advocate
Bibliotecapleyades.net
Breitbart News Network – ?might aggregate some fake stories?
Broken World News – parody/satire
Burdekin Herald – parody/satire
Call The Cops
Carbolic Smoke Ball
CBC.ca – This is That – parody/satire
Civic Tribune
Christwire.org
Chronicle.su
ClickHole
Climateviewer.com
Collective-evolution
ConsciousLifeNews.com
Conservapedia
Conservative Treehouse
CounterPsyOps.com
Cream BMP Daily
Crusader News ( 247wereport.com )
CSGlobal.com
Daily Buzz Live
Daily Mail
Daily Mash
DailyCurrant.com – parody/satire
DailyPaul.com
DCClothesline.com
Discovery Institute
DownTrend.com
DrudgeReport
Dude Comedy
Duffel Blog – parody/satire
Duffleblog.com – parody/satire
EagleRising.com
Earth We Are One
Empire News – parody/satire
Empire Sports
Energy News (enenews)
EUTimes.net
Evolution News
Examiner
Examiner.com
FederalistPress.com
Final Edition – parody/satire
FoodBabe
Free Wood Post
FreedomOutpost.com
FreePatriot.org
FromTheTrenchesWorldReport.com
Global Associated News (MediaFetcher.com)
GlobalResearch.ca
GMOwatch
GonzoGlobe.com
GovtSlaves.com
Grasshopper News – the “Well…Duh” section is satire
GulagBound.com
HangTheBankers.com
HealthImpactNews.com
Hiphophangover.com – parody/satire
Human Events
Huzlers
IFLScience.org (parody of IFLScience.com)
InfoWars
InfoWars.com
IntelliHub.com
InternetChronicle.su
ItMakesSenseBlog.com
Landover Baptist Church
Lark News
LewRockwell.com
LibertyDigest.com
Lightly Braised Turnip
March against Monsanto
MediaMass
Men’s Health
Mercola
Mind Unleashed
Modern Alternative Mama
Modern Woman Digest
Moms Across America
Mondoweiss
Moron.com
MrConservative.com
Naha Daily
National Report – parody/satire
NationalReport.net – parody/satire
NaturalCuresNotMedicine.com
NaturalNews
NaturalNews.com
Natural Society
NewsBuzzDaily
News Examiner
News-Hound
Newslo – mix of facts and satire
Newsmax.com
Newsnerds – parody/satire
NewsThump – parody/satire
Newswatch28
Newswatch33
Now8News
Occupy Monsanto
PalookavillePost.com
PoliticalBlindSpot.com
Power Line
PressTV
PrisonPlanet
PrisonPlanet.com
RandPaulReview.com
Real Farmacy
RealFarmacy.com
Real News, Right Now
RedFlagNews.com
RedState
Rock City Times – parody/satire
rt.com – formerly Russia Today
Satire Tribune – parody/satire
SouthWeb.org
Storyleak
Stuppid
Super Official News
The Beaverton – parody/satire
The Blaze
The Borowitz Report
The Burdekin Herald – parody/satire
The Chive – parody/satire
The Civilian
The Conservative Treehouse
The Daily Bale
The Daily Currant – parody/satire
The Daily Mash
The Final Edition – parody/satire
The Investigator’s Report (formerly 24/7 We Report)
The Lapine
The Mind Unleashed
The News Nerd – parody/satire
The Newsosphere
The Occasional – parody/satire
The Onion – parody/satire
The Racket Report – parody/satire
The Shovel – parody/satire
The Spoof
The Spudd – Alt Med Parody/satire
The Stately Herald
The Stringer Daily – parody/satire
The Tribune Herald
TheCommonSenseShow.com
TheConservativeTreehouse.com
TheControversialFiles.net
TheDailySheeple.com
Thefinaledition.com – parody/satire
TheLastGreatStand.com
Themillenniumreport.com
Themindunleashed.org
TheRightPlanet.com
TheSleuthJournal.com
This is That – parody/satire
Top Info Post
TopInfoPost.com
TribuneHerald.net
Truth And Action
Twenty Two Words
Uncyclopedia
Underground Health
UndergroundHealth.com
United Media Publishing
USAHitman.com
VeteransToday.com
VineOfLifeNews.com
Watts Up With That
Weekly World News
WesternJournalism.com
WhyDontYouTryThis.com
Witscience.org
World Net Daily
World News Daily Report
WorldTruth.tv
YourNewsWire.com
Articles dated April 1, even in reputable sources.
Recently ran across this website listing fake, parody, and clickbait news sites:
Here is a real website that can help you check the validity of a news site or specific news article:
Here are the Top 10 Anti-Science websites per Skeptoid:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4283
Here is David Emery’s take on several of the above sites:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/Fake-News/tp/A-Guide-to-Fake-News-Websites.htm
A number of these (almost all that are listed by website rather than by name) were obtained from:
http://patriotaction.net/forum/topics/list-of-fake-hoax-news-sites-1
and I have not personally checked on all of them.
Here is a CSI blog post about Online Tools for Fact Checking:
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/online_tools_for_skeptical_fact_checking
Some people have requested information for Reliable News Sources. So far, the BBC in England and ABC News Australia are the only ones with a vote of confidence. Here is a Skeptoid episode on spotting bad or biased news: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4439
If any Journalism class or Critical Thinking class wants to take this list and make a class project out of re-organizing it, verifying it, expanding it – be my guest. 🙂
Last updated Stardate: 2016.235.17:19CDT
#fakenews #unreliablesources #conspiracy
H/T: to Christian Nalletamby for assistance in alphabetizing the list