Satire and Hoax

There are many satire websites on the web. Perhaps the most well-known of these is The Onion Links to an external site.. Of course, the real trick with satire is that there are many lesser-known sites that catch people out as well as sites that claim to be satire but are not necessarily very funny.

Examples of how individuals have confused satire and news can be found in this article from The Conversation Links to an external site.. 

note: This information is from Luc Steinberg's blog post "Infographic: Beyond Fake News – 10 Types of Misleading News Links to an external site.," (26 July 2017) for EAVI Links to an external site. and was accessed on 15 July 2020.