I was disappointed to learn that SatireWire is calling it quits. Some people looked down upon SatireWire as an “Onion Clone”, but I enjoyed its humor in its own right.
Over the years, SatireWire has had so many stories that have acutely poked at the humor in today’s current events. One of my favorites that comes to mind is Remaining U.S. CEOs Make a Break For It:
Unwilling to wait for their eventual indictments, the 10,000 remaining CEOs of public U.S. companies made a break for it yesterday, heading for the Mexican border, plundering towns and villages along the way, and writing the entire rampage off as a marketing expense.
“They came into my home, made me pay for my own TV, then double-booked the revenues,” said Rachel Sanchez of Las Cruces, just north of El Paso. “Right in front of my daughters.” […]