Satirical articles. Anyone ever fallen for one?

[easternedge]

I have.

Read one about mr tumble leaving CBeebies to present bake off. Shared it on fb and everything.

Anyone ever fell for any? If we are allowed to discuss them that is!

No. They're usually very obvious.

Not since I was a child. I’m incredibly careful about it because of the prevalence of fake news, so if I have even a whiff of suspicion I investigate. I’ve believed things while reading them and only twigged at the end, but luckily never gone so far as to share.

At least the one you fell for was totally harmless and reasonably plausible

Occasionally I see a headline about Trump that could be satirical, unfortunately they are always serious.

The best one ever was when the Irish satirical site Waterford Whispers reported that North Korea had launched a rocket mission to the sun. Sky news and some American news sites reported it as real.

waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/01/21/north-korea-lands-first-ever-man-on-the-sun-confirms-central-news-agency/

No.
I seem to have a good bullshit / urban myth radar.