[mjard]

There were lessons to learn here for all the parties involved. The author seems to have chosen to ignore theirs while wanting to pat themselves on the back for fooling news sites. The news sites learned nothing, they got what they wanted out of the deal. Reddit.. Reddit cannot learn, too many people involved.

[pvg]

What lesson is the author supposed to learn here? Don't post jokes on a joke subreddit?

[renewiltord]

Some people just don’t get jokes. /r/yourjokebutworse has one category but there is also that entire category of comments that go “I hope that’s satire” to what is obviously satirical.

[mjard]

Jokes on the internet are great when people are in on them. Positioning yourself as someone that has inside information when it's false falls closer to "it was just a prank bro". The author should be able to say whatever they want, though the ability doesn't make the action not shitty.

[pessimizer]

No jokes are great when people are in on them. That's why the punchline doesn't come first.

[blowski]

That’s a different type of joke.

It’s why we laugh at “it’s behind you” in a pantomime. We’re in on the joke that the actor knows it’s behind them.

[Asooka]

"Everything on the internet is false, unless proven otherwise" - Abraham Lincoln.

[tomrod]

Incorrect. It's the journalists' job to verify.

[mjard]

100% agree. They didn't, and will continue not to in the future.

[irisman]

They still should cite their sources because they are human and fallible.

[JadeNB]

The author seems explicitly to indicate that they're not chiding anyone, nor defending themselves:

> It's not meant to bash news outlets over journalistic integrity. The internet is a difficult thing to document. It's not meant to justify my joke. If you don't think it was funny... OK. Depending on the day I'm sure I'd agree with you.

[mjard]

It's self congratulatory not defensive. If I claim that I am not chiding you, but then write an entire blog post on how I was able to pull one over on you, one of those should speak louder than the other.

[inwit]

Think what we're all learning here is that you have neither a sense of humour nor a sense of perspective. What actual bad thing happened here? It's just a fun whimsical incident. I actually think it says more about your self esteem than anything else that you read this as self-congratulatory