Fake News writing—new college major at Myrmidon

Fake News has become a pervasive communication tool. The trend towards fake news, some call it a logical extension of advertising, has been noticed by many of the great universities of the United States. Many have been called but only a few know how to handle it. Actually only one....

Only Myrmidon College has stepped forward to teach the art of Writing Fake News. Myrmidon is an online school, actually a single server in a Quonset hut between New Mexico and Arizona. The college has created an entire major on the subject. Myrmidon states, "Learning how to write fake news on a professional level takes more than a single class." Not so easy as it looks-- fake news writing gets to be a whole lot of fun once you get the hang of it.

The college catalog brags of a digital faculty from across the United States-- movers and shakers that extends all the way to the welcome mat of the White House.

Myrmidon has been lining up guest lecturers. They include: Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, Syd Miller, the Texas Agriculture commissioner, and General Mike T. Flynn, a recent Trump appointee. Myrmidon reportedly considers Michael G. Flynn, General Flynn's son, for an administrative post. The younger Flynn needs a job since he got fired for one too many retweets of the fake Pizzagate story.

Myrmidon has dropped hints of inviting Kellyanne Conway as a commencement speaker, except Myrmidon does not actually have a graduation. Remember it's only a server in the middle of the desert. If any of the celebrities appear it will only be via a computer screen, 'cause what is modern life if not a of computer screen.

The catalog explains the challenge of Fake News composition: You need 1) the imagination and flair of a Picasso and 2) a deep grasp of the cultural zeitgeist, like maybe Erin Burnett.

Most of all... your story must surprise people and reinforce their strongly held core beliefs-- all at the same time. 


Pizzagate is a perfect example. John Podesta looks a little nerdy; let's call it pervy. So that's it-- Guilty! And get Hillary Clinton in on the deal. She's our favorite demon, always angling in a dark, secretive way and claims to love children so much. So bring in a charge of child sex trafficking, just for giggles. You get the picture? Think outside the box.

Maybe now you are ready to enroll in Writing Fake News 101...?  Sign up... online, of course.


(All of the above-- is fake, of course. )