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Christwire
Logocaption:Christwire: Narrow idiotic views of everyday life
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Type:Satirical blog
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Current Status:Inactive

Christwire is a satirical website that published blog-style articles intended to ridicule excesses of American Christian conservatives. Recurring topics include homosexuality, atheism, Hollywood, and other purported threats to American culture.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Like similar satirical websites, Christwire's stories have sometimes been erroneously taken at face value. According to co-founder Kirwin Watson, their target is not Christians but "those who do not question what they hear on the news".[5]

Topekas News

Due to the wide public attention at the name Christwire, the site also runs topekasnews.com.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

One satirical news article by "Haywood Bynum III" pronounced that "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella." The Drug Abuse Resistance Education anti-drug organization copied the article onto their website without fact checking the satirical article.[11] [12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Satirical Christian Site Hoodwinks the Huffington Post . John Hudson . August 19, 2010 . The Atlantic Wire.
  2. News: Rachel Maddow and NBC Struggle With Satire . John Hudson . February 1, 2011 . The Atlantic Wire.
  3. News: 9 Signs Your Husband Is GAY, According To ChristWire.org (PHOTOS) . Huffington Post . Katla McGlynn . August 18, 2010.
  4. News: Line of inquiry crosses a line . The Sydney Morning Herald . August 19, 2010.
  5. News: Oppenheimer . Mark . A Niche of the Unreal in a World of Credulity . September 3, 2010 . . June 5, 2021.
  6. Web site: Heathen TopekasNews Liberals Detest Reaganomics. ChristWire. 2015-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317190911/http://christwire.org/2012/09/heathen-topekasnews-liberals-detest-reaganomics/. 2015-03-17. dead.
  7. Web site: Christians Review, "Scooby Doo, The First Atheist Brainwashing Cartoon" - Topekas News. topekasnews.com.
  8. Web site: Scooby Doo, The First Atheist Brainwashing Cartoon Reviewed. ChristWire.
  9. Web site: The Popular Story of the Kansas City Prayer Booths Is False, But the Brilliant Artist Behind the Booth is Genuine. Friendly Atheist.
  10. http://topekasnews.com/marijuana-cures-republican-pastor-stupidity/ Marijuana Cures Republican Pastor of Stupidity
  11. Web site: Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504130047/http://www.dare.org/edible-marijuana-candies-kill-9-in-colorado-12-at-coachella/. 4 May 2015. D.A.R.E. America.
  12. News: D.A.R.E. gets duped by anti-pot satire. Washington Post. 4 May 2015. Christopher Ingraham.

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