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South Park Argumentative Essay

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youtube.com youtube.com Last week, South Park put out an episode that criticized Yelp and the people who think themselves better than others for being a reviewer. Today the fake news site nbc.com.co (strange URL) posted the story "Yelp Sues South Park for $10 Million Overt Latest Episode" and the internet ran with it for a few hours. It really did seem too good to be true because after unsuccessful lawsuits from GLAAD, the Catholic Church, and Scientology, it would be pretty surprising if anyone thought they could sue South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and win.

It was not unfounded that a group targeted by the genius satire of South Park couldn't take the joke and tried to make a public example of the American cartoon staple. The Jewish Anti-Defamation League, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and various Christian organizations have all tried and failed to bring the brilliant duo to court; and that was in the shows first few years of existence. After a while headlines went from 'Can you believe what South Park did?' to 'South Park said something offensive and no one cares.' …show more content…

Yelp responded to this brilliantly with a fake quote of their own on Twitter, "As Abraham Lincoln once said, you can't believe everything you read on the internet. #Satire #ItsAJoke #Chill." Snipes.com, the internet's own fact checking site, was one of the first to expose the fake story for what it

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