Waterford Whispers
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Waterford Whispers is an Irish satirical news website founded and edited by comedy writer Colm Williamson, who sometimes writes under the pen name "Bill Badbody". It is considered the Hibernian equivalent of the American site The Onion, the Australian The Betoota Advocate,
or the British site, The Daily Mash. It was started by Williamson when he was laid off as a pub manager in Dublin at the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008. He later relocated himself to the small town of Tramore, near the south-eastern county town of Waterford. Since then, the site has grown to be notable in Irish "news" and entertainment and has spawned several books,[1] a theatre tour and work for the entertainment division of RTÉ.
Headlines for its tongue-in-cheek articles include:
- Church Hires JK Rowling To Rewrite The Bible
- ‘Will Gay People Eat My Children?’ & Other Referendum Questions Answered (In reference to the 36th amendment referendum on same-sex marriage)
- Woman Next To You On Plane Doing That Annoying Quiet Crying Thing (In reference to Irish women going on short holidays to England)
- Journalism Graduate Lands Dream Job Copying & Pasting Tweets
- Taoiseach Treated For Severe Criticism In Dublin Hospital
- Penneys Have Unveiled A €12 Dress That Disintegrates After Its First Wash
- Everyone In Pub Footage Was A Dub, Danny Healy-Rae Confirms
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Unfortunately, like other satirical websites, its articles have been mistaken for genuine news, including one about a successful North Korean space exploration mission to the Sun that was picked up by Canada Free Press.[2][3] Others include; Michelle Obama thinking that the Irish are ugly motherfuckers,[4][5] and the Catholic Church saying that Jesus isn't coming back.[6][7]
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- ↑ https://www.google.ie/books/edition/Waterford_Whispers_News/4r3srQEACAAJ?hl=en
- ↑ Report: North Korea claims to have landed a man on the sun, Canada Free Press
- ↑ Whoops... Media outlets duped by North Korea 'rocket to the sun' story, TheJournal.ie
- ↑ “There Are Some Seriously Ugly looking Motherfuckers living On This Island.”: Michelle Obama, Waterford Whispers
- ↑ Does Michelle Obama think Irish people are "ugly m*****f*****s"?, TheJournal.ie
- ↑ “Jesus Not Coming Back By The Looks Of It” Admits Vatican, Waterford Whispers
- ↑ Jesus Is Not Coming Back, Vatican Says, Snopes