(Can't post up the screen shots, so just follow the link when you get to the end of the snip!) D.A.R.E. Falls Victim To Their Aggressiveness By Publishing An Anti-Marijuana Article That Is Clearly Satire http://www.inquisitr.com/2096119/dare-falls-victim-aggressiveness-publishing-anti-marijuana-article-satire/ Thanks to the internet, accessibility to breaking news stories - whether they be important world events or the latest celebrity happenings - has become easy. Along with the legit news, however, there are satire articles, news pieces written to come off as legit news until readers truly realize how ridiculous the piece really is. The Inquisitr is known for debunking satire pieces that usually sweep social media, such as one that claimed Starbucks uses a “special ingredient†to flavor their drinks. Despite the fact it was debunked, James David Manning didn't read the article in its entirety, thus reporting the satire as fact on his radio show, The Manning Report. Now the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), through their aggressiveness in attacking drug abuse, has fallen victim to a bogus report. Recently, D.A.R.E. published an anti-marijuana article as a means to scare people into prevention, not realizing the source cited wrote it as satire. According to the Washington Post, D.A.R.E. published a news story about marijuana candies sold on the street, named “Uncle Tweety's Chewy Flipper†and “Gummy Satans,†taking the United States by storm. The source, understanding that the article by Top News is satire, inquired D.A.R.E. about their article. D.A.R.E. ignored the inquiry and immediately removed their article without comment. Unfortunately for D.A.R.E., the truth has already been preserved within the internet through a saved screenshot, as shown below...... (snipped) This just gave me a nice little chuckle this morning, and I thought you guys might enjoy it, too! Granny
Reminds me of something similar. Over here (Sweden) our justice minister linked an article about marijuana overdoses on her Facebook page with a short post about how much she opposes drugs and how she started an anti-drug initiative when she was young yadda yadda. Although the link she posted was to The Onion She was mocked by every leftist newspaper in the country for days.