Synopses & Reviews
Now in paperback, the hilarious exposon the media gone awry, from the creator of the wildly popular Fark.com
Have you ever noticed certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps it's the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six o'clock news ("Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!" Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year ("Roads will be crowded this holiday season." Thanks, AAA.) It's Not News, It's Fark is Drew Curtis's clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. It's Not News, It's Fark examines all the "news" that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing along the way.
Review
A funny book, containing some of the sites greatest hits, but its also a sharp and well-deserved criticism of the news mediaand life in a capitalistic, all-information, all-the-time world.
CNN.com
Drew Curtis knows his crap. In Its Not News, Its Fark, he dissects this ubiquitous scaremongering and space-filling fluff.
Playboy
The undisputed king of weird news online.
Rolling Stone
Synopsis
Now in paperback, the hilarious exposé on the media gone awry, from the creator of the wildly popular Fark.com
Have you ever noticed certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps its the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six oclock news (Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day! Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year (Roads will be crowded this holiday season. Thanks, AAA.) Its Not News, Its Fark is Drew Curtiss clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when theres just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Its Not News, Its Fark examines all the news that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing along the way.
Synopsis
Fark.com founder Curtis exposes the stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the media world today. This witty wake-up call skewers all the news that was never fit for print in the first place.
About the Author
Drew Curtis was born, raised, and still lives in scenic Lexington, KY with his wife and two children but has yet to realized his lifelong dream of owning a herd of fainting goats. He spends his evenings playing soccer, drinking beer and bourbon (preferably not mixed together) and honing his culinary skills, which have improved over the past decade and are pretty decent but still nothing to write home about. Since 1999, he has read nearly 2,000 news articles a day, and is interviewed nationwide several times a week on radio, TV and in print.