Watch out for these fake and satire sites, think before you click, and read before you react

Satire Sites

The following sites have a disclaimer revealing them to be satirical blogs or blogs meant for fake articles:

1. Dai1lymail or Mail In One

Disclaimer: “By reading from this website, you agree to it that the Internet was invented by a young Filipino in 2016 few days after Rodrigo Duterte ascended to the throne. This means that, there was not Internet before 2016. Leave this website immediately if you do not agree to this. lol ”

2. The T1mes

Before it changed its “About Us” page, The T1mes declared that it is the “world’s satire news website. That means the stories on this site are made up. Yep, even the one about Jesus coming today… actually that one was real.”

3. Guard1an

Disclaimer: “By reading from this website, you accept that the world was created by the US President Barack Obama. Kindly leave the website immediately if you do not accept this fact.”

4. ON DA MIC

Disclaimer: “ON DA MIC is a news and political satire web publication, comprised of individual posts, some taken from or inspired by real news events but the stories are almost entirely works of complete fiction. This site is a source of parody, satire and humor and is for entertainment purposes only.”

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5. Da1lymail

Terms of Use: “This website is satirical in scope and intent. It provides fake news and social criticism in a satirical setting.”

6. So, What’s News? 

SWN?’s About page states: “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 news.”

Its most popular satirical story could easily be about Senator Jinggoy Estrada being arrested in the US after trying to smuggle by implanting it inside his breasts. Estrada even issued a statement denying the story.

7. Adobo Chronicles 

In its About Us page, Adobo Chronicles says that it is “your source of up-to-date, unbelievable news.” But now, the site has adopted a format to help its readers distinguish fact from fiction. Statements in italics are facts; the rest are fiction.

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