Welcome to Canada.

[rhempel@mstdn.ca]

@mcc I wish This Is That was still on CBC - the bilingual dog episode was classic

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/no-dogs-don-t-have-to-be-bilingual-in-montreal-1.1191892

[jfmezei@cosocial.ca]

@mcc How dare you accuse the Beaverton to be fake news !

Like its US counterpart The Onion and long ago predecessor the Weekly World News, The Beaverton is a serious news outlet with headlines like:

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada “with some regret”

Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to run red light

Quebec legislators brainstorming ideas for which religion to scapegoat next

[rbos@mastodon.novylen.net]

@mcc Walruses are VERY serious animals.

[jam123@mstdn.ca]

@Crazypedia @mcc eh, reality and satire are basically the same these days.

[rbos@mastodon.novylen.net]

@mcc and the Rhinoceros is, somehow, both.

[brainsoup@mstdn.social]

@mcc In my time in Canada I have not heard of this The Walrus

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@brainsoup They're not super prominent they're like a Canadian Mother Jones or Atlantic or something

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@mcc @PapyrusBrigade and The Beaverton is our "The Onion," so beware satire.

[alsopaisleycat@tenforward.social]

@McRocker @mcc @britt

There’s a 2.0 version of the PSA, because, who could argue it’s not needed…

https://youtu.be/5R_tOSRynZU

#HouseHippos #MediaLiteracy #Canada

[brainsoup@mstdn.social]

@mcc I feel just a little bit more Canadian today

[beandreams@friendhole.social]

@jfmezei @mcc When Meta banned links to news for Canadian users, somehow The Beaverton got included and had to run a whole campaign to explain they were a joke site

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@mcc
What about the Sealion?

I keep asking, but you don't answer!

[rikuylonen@mastodon.social]

@mcc thanks for tip. I'll shave the beaver, from my feed.

[giflian@techhub.social]

@rhempel @mcc This Is That convinced my stepmom of all sorts of things, because she couldn't recognize it was satire

[tim_lavoie@cosocial.ca]

@mcc OK, the Beaverton is satire, but so spot-on that you have to look twice. There's comedy gold in thar!

[dhsquared@mastodon.scot]

@mcc or The Tyee (my Mom caught a real one off Campbell River back in the '40's) @thetyee

[rightsprung@c.im]

@mcc

And don't forget the Narwhal! @thenarwhal they are awesome too!

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@mcc and The Owl is real news too, but for kids…
😂

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWL_(magazine)

[danamcfarland@mastodon.social]

@mcc welcome to Canada, where we have a tradition and an appreciation for satire that helps to address fake news.