Killing Dogs For A Laugh, Topless Babes And President Sean Penn: The Indepedent Does Satire
SIGNS that the Independent is embracing wit and turning itself into a satirical organ abound.
The paper’s editor Roget Alton has already told us:
“Pictures of semi-naked women basically make the world a better place.”
And now we get his for tm the once serious newssheet:
A former TV executive has confessed to shooting dead his neighbour’s dog after becoming annoyed at its early-morning barking.
Phil Bishop, who directed Top Of The Pops and Game For A Laugh during a decades-long career, shot Foggy, a Bedlington terrier, in the heart with a single shot from an air rifle.
One may suppose this to be a genuine story, but the clue is ‘Game For A Laugh’. We’ve been had. Where’s Beadle?
And then this:
Raul Castro, the Cuban leader, has told the actor Sean Penn that he would be willing to meet Barack Obama, the President-elect, after he assumes power in the United States, although he added the encounter should take place in a “neutral location”, for instance Guantanamo Bay.
It is a story so beyond parody it can only be work of parody. Hats off to the Indy for biting the bullet in tough times…
Posted: 29th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Media Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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November 30th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Hi June,
I can understand your comments if you think the story isn’t real.
Yes real story. Check out the daily telegraph, dail mail, the times etc. etc.
Oh, and by the way, the guy who owns (owned) the dog is my brother.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I own 3, it isn’t a real story
November 29th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
No ones been had re. foggy. Real story.
Disgusting human being.
Suppose if you don’t own a dog you won’t get it.
November 29th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Imagine calling a dog Foggy, he should have shot the owner, or he may have intended too, but Bedlingtons can make their owners take on a disguise to look like them.
Is it a conspiracy? did Foggy want his owner dead and bribed the neighbour?
We just need Hercule or Midsomer Murders now
November 29th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
With or without orange jump-suits?
November 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
They’re going to need a sense of humour if they’re moving in with the Mail. Talk about an Odd Couple.