So, What is “So, What’s News?” ?

So, What’s News?  is a satirical & fictional news website. Our aim is to inject humor into everyday news to provide respite to readers who have grown weary with mainstream news organization’s partisan, biased and depressing way of presenting the news.

“So, What’s News’ news are news that won’t make you depressed to read the news”

So, What’s News? was started and founded on September 11, 2011 by me, Stewart as an outlet for my “humor”, “opinion” and “creativity” on different topics surrounding our everyday lives. Please note that the three words mentioned above are in quotation marks, so as to imply that it is up to the public to judge the quality and scope of the content on this website.

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* From Google*

sat·ire     –    Noun    -     /ˈsaˌtī(ə)r/

 1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
2. A play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire.
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23 Responses to “So, What is “So, What’s News?” ?”
  1. Tilde says:

    Apparently, most people, at least in my facebook feed, do not dig mock news. :L They’ve expressed rage against he anti-angry birds bill. Anyway, I’ve tried doing what you’re doing, but I can’t seem to update regularly. I’d like to share articles from the carcosite news network:

    http://carcosite.blogspot.com/2011/07/carcositenewsnet-zalzaldy-could-be.html

    http://carcosite.blogspot.com/2011/07/pandoras-boxes-v-palparan.html

    http://carcosite.blogspot.com/2011/07/carcositenewsnet-automobiles-in-carcosa.html

    http://carcosite.blogspot.com/2011/06/cnewsnet-emoticon-of-church-and-state.html

    http://carcosite.blogspot.com/2011/06/carcosite-news-network-palace-prepares.html

  2. Stewart says:

    Wooot! I come in peace :) I don’t know how long I’ll be able to update regularly as well, but as long as ideas are coming (news being the source helps, it never runs out), I’m just gonna type till my fingers sore.

    Nice blog you got there as well. I hope the public will be open to mock news, because news as it is, is depressing in tone and delivery, especially on TV. Read some of your articles, and saw that you used aliases. Was pondering whether to use real or fictional names, so decided to use both. :)

    More power to us :)

  3. Anonymous says:

    Hi, while i find your website amusing, i think that the way you present the articles is very risky, as they could easily be passed of as stories from a legitimate news website. Add to that, the medium you are using and a public crazy for sensationalist stories, the possibility of being taken seriously is very high (which could cause undue alarm and not to mention big trouble for you). Having said that, I suggest adding a disclaimer at the homepage, or if possible at the start of every article, saying that the materials presented are meant to be satirical and fictional. Hope you consider this, thanks!

    • damnfine says:

      true. hope you consider this suggestion. try putting a disclaimer at the end of the article so as to avoid confusion. including names of current government officials or public personalities add to the realism/ credibility of your satirical news which actually makes it funnier. however, this can cause confusion as people might actually believe that these are real news/information. there is freedom of speech but let’s not abuse it. just my two cents.

      btw, funny stuff. almost believed the anti angry birds bill. :)

      • Stewart says:

        Thank you damnfine, hope you had a few laughs while you were here.
        As for the disclaimer, there is already one at the bottom of each page (you might’ve missed it beacuse of the comments) and another one on the “So, what is So What’s News? ?” page at the top of each page.
        God speed! :)

  4. Anonymous says:

    putting a disclaimer at the end of every page beats the purpose of writing satire. it doesn’t take a genius to know that the articles here are satirical. I was already laughing as soon as I saw the PETA pictures. Kudos!

  5. eepyaj says:

    LOL. Idol! Ang dami mong naging biktimang birds na nagwala. Hahahahaha..

  6. Anonymous says:

    like The Onion, right? to this day, many clueless readers think news there are real. i’m on the fence about that disclaimer at the end suggestion… true, many people will get offended and some very gullible readers will believe everything you write. but i also agree that it will kind of ruin the satire angle.

    great work, though, funny stuff. takes a lot of talent to write satire.

  7. Anonymous says:

    I like the newest government agency assigned to Boy Abunda… :) )

  8. C.Seamus says:

    Satirical and Sarcasm. My best type of humor! Great job boss! Two thumbs up Sir! Incredible articles, news worthy and funny as hell. I linked your site to my blog, you earned a regular visitor =)

  9. Ang galing ng pagkakasulat mo. Marami na ang nakakaalam nung Anti-Angry Birds Bill pero kung mababasa pa nila yung iba mong mga sulat, sigurado matatawa din sila. Nabasa ko yung interview mo sa “mgaepal”. Ayos! Hahaha. Pagbutihin mo pa ang ginagawa mo. Sana makapag-contribute din ako sa site mo minsan. :D

  10. Crashdrive says:

    I love this site. Sana lumago pa toh at may mga kasama ka nang magsulat dito. Philippines needs good satire for all this bad news. :)

  11. brianitus says:

    Great site. Reading your stuff reminds me of NNTN from the 80s and Weekend Update on SNL.

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  • So, What is So What’s News?

    So, What’s News? is a satirical & fictional news website. It is NOT REAL.

    Refer and share to your friends on Facebook, Twitter and others. Thank you! :)

  • Our aim is to inject humor into everyday news and to provide respite to readers who have grown weary with mainstream news organization’s partisan, biased and depressing way of presenting the news.
  • Satire - noun - /ˈsaˌtīr /

    -the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

  • News on this website should not be taken seriously and to be taken with a grain of salt. We are here to provide laughter to the public as an escape to our depressing world.
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    All contents on this site are owned by it's respective author. Copying, in part or in whole, is not permitted without the consent of the respective author.
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