Comedian and writer Andy Borowitz has risen to pretty heady comedic heights. His Borowitz Report, a satirical chronicle of daily news was picked up by The New Yorker and is frequently the Most Popular item on the high-brow site. Not everyone, however, gets the humor. Xinhua, the Chinese government’s official press agency, took notice of a Borowitz Report article that claimed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ recent US$250 million purchase of The Washington Post was an accident.
Chinese News Agency Earnestly Reports Satirical News on Bezos' Post Purchase
Posted by: David Vranicar August 8, 2013 08:13 PMComedian and writer Andy Borowitz has risen to pretty heady comedic heights. His Borowitz Report, a satirical chronicle of daily news was picked up by The New Yorker and is frequently the Most Popular item on the high-brow site. Not everyone, however, gets the humor. Xinhua, the Chinese government’s official press agency, took notice of a Borowitz Report article that claimed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ recent US$250 million purchase of The Washington Post was an accident.