Actual fake news.
As a creative copywriting exercise, I began sketching satirical news articles in 2020 with a key distinction: no politics. I wanted to strip away the political tendencies that dominate the vast majority of similar outlets.
Extra cheese.
It necessarily leans a into dad-joke territory. But that’s OK, maybe even the point. I wanted to offer an antidote to the doom-scroll epidemic and avoid the low-hanging fruit of partisan rage bait.
I quickly learned that it’s getting harder to satirize the modern world. What might have been absurd just a few decades ago now carries frightening plausibility.
Not as fake as you think.
Gallows humor.
Still, it’s better to laugh than cry. I enjoy writing these silly little reflections, and it’s been a fun addition to my creative workout routine.
