Christwire
Satirical website
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Christwire was a satirical website that published blog-style articles intended to ridicule excesses of American Christian conservatives. Recurring topics include homosexuality, atheism, Hollywood, and other purported threats to American culture.[1][2][3][4]
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Type of site | Satirical blog |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Inactive |
Like similar satirical websites, Christwire's stories have sometimes been erroneously taken at face value. According to co-founder Kirwin Watson, their target is not Christians but "those who do not question what they hear on the news".[5]
Topekas News
Due to the wide public attention at the name Christwire, the site also runs topekasnews.com.[6][7][8][9][10]
One satirical news article by "Haywood Bynum III" pronounced that "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella." The Drug Abuse Resistance Education anti-drug organization copied the article onto their website without fact checking the satirical article.[11][12]