Newsroom Detective Mugs

BREAKING FAKE NEWS

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

"Some idiot spread the rumour that the boss had called in sick! Now look what's happened to the tobacco and coffee stocks!"

Covidiom: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.

Home Business - Newspaper Ad.

"Now here's my co-anchor, Nancy, with a conflicting account of that very same story."

'I heard it through the grapevine.'

School of journalism and politics.

Burning the Other

"I try to keep my classes relevant."

'These days, it's hard to tell whom to trust - T.V. news, or your social network. . .'

"You know our 'Never-Overwhelm-The-Reader' policy. Your story is irrelevant, trivial and stupid but not irrelevant, trivial and stupid enough."

The Hypocritic Oath

An expletive of editors

"Extra! Extra! Stream all about it! It’s extra, so you may not need it, especially if you looked at your phone recently."

"The war that wasn't a war isn't a disaster."

'And this is Paul, who writes our 'Voice of Sanity' column.'

'I think it means corporate control is now complete.'

'We'll need a bigger studio- Rosie wants to interview Rush Limbaugh.'

I Can't Believe It's Not Fake News

In Plain Sight

'Our next question: is the world a safer place than it was a year ago?'

"Gosh, it really is impossible to tell the deepfakes from the shallow ones."

"Did you research and verify before posting this?"

'Your BBC. Where the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.'

We're fact checking your story.

'We're here to talk to your son about his web site...'

"And that's tonight's news. . . now for tonight's news rebuttal from Trump."

I overheard management saying they were kicking you but I didn't hear if it was upstairs or out.

News of the Underworld

Ok, who wants to break the story ofmy retirement as you journalism teacher, and who wants to be the anonymous source?

"The truth? With all the fake news and alternative facts now, we're all just guessing."

Idea! Waste it on someone else. I know how I can spend my spare time now that my work hours have been cut. Citizen journalist. What did you know and when did you know it?! Oh brother.

The Gutter Press.