{"id":185,"date":"2007-10-30T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=185"},"modified":"2007-10-30T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T14:45:10","slug":"the-daily-mash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/30\/the-daily-mash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Mash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"The Daily Mash\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/\">The Daily Mash<\/a> is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Satire\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satire\">satirical<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"News\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News\">news<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Website\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website\">website<\/a> which exposes the absurdities of modern life to rigorous scrutiny with &#8220;hilarious results&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The Daily Mash satirises the worlds of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Politics\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics\">politics<\/a>, media, culture, and sport with spoof news stories, commentary and opinion (this means that it&#8217;s all made-up and is not intended in any way whatsoever to be taken as factual &#8211; hello lawyers!).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Basically, it&#8217;s very funny.<\/p>\n<p>Some recent highlights, in my view, are (all links open in a new window):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=493&amp;Itemid=59\" target=\"blank\">British Squirrels &#8216;Fattest In Europe&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=482&amp;Itemid=59\" target=\"blank\">Mona Lisa Was &#8216;Eating A Sausage&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=474&amp;Itemid=59\" target=\"blank\">Britain Hit By Obscenity Epidemic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=472&amp;Itemid=59\" target=\"blank\">Most BBC News Now About The BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=438&amp;Itemid=26\" target=\"blank\">Alonso May Be Forced To Earn \u00a320 Million Somewhere Else<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymash.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=431&amp;Itemid=59\" target=\"blank\">All ITV Shows To Be Based On Google Search Terms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ah feel the hilarity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Mash is: a satirical news website which exposes the absurdities of modern life to rigorous scrutiny with &#8220;hilarious results&#8221;. 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