Some satire websites go to great lengths to label themselves as satirical. Others don’t. So what happens when people mistake satire for real information? In this episode, we look at how satire gets labeled - and mislabeled - online. Daniel Funke from Politifact and satirists Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh join.

Politifact: https://www.politifact.com/

Resources
How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/21/one-most-popular-false-news-sites-facebook-part-pa/
Amanpour & Company parody: https://twitter.com/jeremylevick/status/1245174763808608256

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