, ▁with ▁websites ▁like ▁The ▁On ion , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁relatively ▁easy ▁to ▁m im ic ▁a ▁legit imate ▁news ▁source . ▁News ▁sat ire ▁re lies ▁heavily ▁on ▁ir ony ▁and ▁dead pan ▁humor . ▁ ▁Two ▁slightly ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁news ▁sat ire ▁exist . ▁One ▁form ▁uses ▁sat ir ical ▁comment ary ▁and ▁sketch ▁comedy ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁real - world ▁news ▁events , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁presents ▁wh olly ▁fict ional ized ▁news ▁stories . ▁ ▁In ▁history ▁▁ ▁Author ▁Samuel ▁C lem ens ▁( Mark ▁Tw ain ) ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁newspaper ▁rep orter ▁before ▁becoming ▁famous ▁as ▁a ▁novel ist , ▁and ▁in ▁this ▁position ▁he ▁published ▁many ▁sat ir ical ▁articles . ▁He ▁left ▁two ▁separate ▁journal ism ▁positions , ▁Nev ada ▁( 1 8 6 4 ) ▁fle eing ▁a ▁challenge ▁to ▁du el ▁and ▁San ▁Francisco ▁fle eing ▁out rag ed ▁police ▁officials ▁because ▁his ▁sat ire ▁and ▁fiction ▁were ▁often ▁taken ▁for ▁the ▁truth ful ▁accounts ▁they ▁were ▁presented ▁as . ▁Iron ically , ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁many ▁newspaper ▁and ▁aut obi ographical ▁accounts ▁used ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁early ▁life ▁of ▁Samuel ▁C lem ens ▁are ▁in ▁doubt . ▁ ▁New sp apers ▁still ▁print ▁occas ional ▁news ▁sat ire ▁features , ▁in ▁particular ▁on ▁April ▁F ools ' ▁Day . ▁This ▁news ▁is ▁specifically ▁identified ▁somewhere ▁in ▁the ▁paper ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁day ▁as ▁a ▁jo ke . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9