by Ronald Pecorry

Created on: August 21, 2007

Hidden Victims of Satire and Fake News Identified

(ACPA-Atlanta) For years failing and lazy students have relied on plagiarism to complete term papers. Tried and tested cheating techniques guaranteed success to the study-challenged many of whom went on to successful careers in industry thanks to their creativity.

But with the advent of extensive fake news on the Internet and television, well meaning plagiarizers are being caught off guard. One forlorn student admitted "It's just too easy to steal someone else's ideas and then find out after you submitted your paper that it was all a lie. It isn't fair".

Center analysis indicated that these fake news victims are being forced to do better and more thorough research and have less time to devote to drinking, partying and general goofing-off. The Center data also demonstrated that students who become more focused on means rather than results, will be severely challenged when they go into corporate life. Beer companies are also feeling the pinch as they become secondary victims of the trend. "We need a classification system on all news stories with categories for real news, fake news and just plain stupid news to reduce the victim count" argued Ron Pecorry, Center Director "otherwise the economy is going
to suffer".

from www.satireandcomment.com

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