- based ▁news ▁sat ire ▁websites ▁have ▁cre pt ▁up ▁in ▁recent ▁times . ▁Their ▁popular ity ▁on ▁Facebook ▁defines ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁popular ▁amongst ▁the ▁masses . ▁Very ▁new ▁websites ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁S co op ▁Times , ▁F ake k hab ar . com , ▁Sun key . co . in ▁and ▁The ▁Un Real ▁Times ▁also ▁claim ▁to ▁be ▁run ▁by ▁students , ▁and ▁were ▁covered ▁in ▁The ▁Times ▁of ▁India ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁A ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁news ▁sat ire ▁sites ▁particip ate ▁in ▁a ▁hosted ▁community ▁site , ▁which ▁addition ally ▁runs ▁its ▁own ▁sat ire ▁news ▁feed ▁on ▁Hum or Feed . ▁Hum or Feed ▁is ▁notable ▁for ▁its ▁relatively ▁high ▁standards ▁of ▁ad mission ▁and ▁active ▁community ▁invol vement . ▁At ▁present , ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁sites ▁are ▁contrib uting ▁members , ▁at ▁least ▁eight ▁of ▁which ▁have ▁published ▁books ▁and ▁two ▁of ▁which ▁publish ▁regular ▁hard - copy ▁period ical s . ▁Several ▁Hum or Feed ▁members ▁also ▁run ▁Check ▁Please !, ▁an ▁online ▁journal ▁devoted ▁to ▁the ▁serious ▁exam ination ▁of ▁online ▁sat ire , ▁r anging ▁from ▁its ▁role ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁actual ▁journal ism ▁to ▁practical ▁consider ations ▁of ▁producing ▁an ▁online ▁sat ire ▁site . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁sat ire ▁piece ▁about ▁K any e ▁West ▁published ▁on ▁the ▁website ▁Sc ra pe TV ▁was ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁numerous ▁media ▁out lets ▁and ▁reported ▁as ▁fact