15 times people were humiliatingly fooled by satire

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You’ve probably spotted at least one sketch by the very talented Rosie Holt, in which her callous Tory character comments on the news. Like this –

It won’t surprise you to learn that a lot of people didn’t realise it was a sketch, reacting as though Rosie were a genuinely terrible human.

What might surprise you, however, is that people fall for much more obviously fake news, and Reddit’s r/AteTheOnion forum is packed with examples.

We gathered some favourites.

1. We’d still eat those Cheetos

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2. The precious vaccine


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3. Driven by Biden hate


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4. He literally tweeted that


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5. Covidiocy in action


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6. Someone’s been making their own bongs


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7. Whine expert


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8. Ah, yes – the famous Meat Feminism


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