In today’s news, we’ll hear about the falling economy, unemployment rates, the war overseas, politics and nuclear weapons. Satirical news downplays the seriousness of news in the form of entertainment with humour based on irony. Although satirical news is a parody, occasionally it is mistaken for real news. The objective is not to be factual but to create laughs; it is not a source to educate viewers on political issues.
Satire news is not influential on political points but it gives the viewers a perception of politics. In class, we learned from John Berger that, “We are not born perceiving. We learn to perceive and not to perceive.” (Berger) A lot of people have no standpoint on political issues, neither left nor right but fake news analyzes a politician’s background as oppose to her/ her views. We learn fake facts from fake news and we perceive it as the emphasis of our attitude towards the politician.
Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin , 1973.
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