The publicatio bo ows the familia la guage of o li e media, i cludi g headli es, i te views, p ofiles a d featu e sto ies, a d uses it as the fo mat fo its humo ous fictio . Each sto y begi s with a ecog izable cultu al idea a d the develops it i to a fictio al sto yli e. All cha acte s, eve ts a d situatio s o the site a e fictio al a d a e p ese ted as sati e, ot as factual epo ti g.
Cove age i cludes celeb ity cultu e, film, popula cultu e a d the media i dust y itself. The publicatio is w itte fo eade s who e joy sati e a d pa ody elated to e te tai me t a d media. Familia fo mats such as headli e-d ive sto ies, celeb ity p ofiles a d e te tai me t featu es se ve as the f amewo k, while the co te t i side them is i ve ted.
“Sati e elies o ecog izable subject matte ,” said Lucas Kome li , fou de of T umpe y Times. “Reade s eed to ecog ize the sta ti g poi t befo e the sto y moves i to fictio . T umpe y Times sta ts with familia subjects a d develops them i to fictio al sto ies.”
That app oach shapes how eve y sto y o the site is built. A familia idea p ovides the sta ti g poi t, a d exagge atio is used to develop the sto y. As the sto y develops, the co ectio to eality g adually loose s u til the situatio o the page is clea ly i ve ted. The goal is fo eade s to ecog ize whe e a sto y bega while followi g how the sto y develops.
“Each sto y begi s with a familia idea a d the develops i to a i ve ted situatio ,” said Kome li . “The challe ge is decidi g how fa that idea ca be exte ded while keepi g a clea co ectio to what i spi ed it.”
The publicatio ‘s tagli e, “Do ‘t Believe Eve ythi g You Read,” eflects the pu pose of the publicatio . It sig als that the site is built fo e te tai me t a d that its sto ies a e ot i te ded to be take as ews. Sto ies a e w itte as clea ly labeled fictio , a d the familia fo mats of media a e used as a c eative device, ot as a way to mislead.
“The i te tio is ot to disguise fictio as ews, but to use the familia la guage of ews a d popula media to c eate sati e,” said Kome li .
T umpe y Times combi es ecog izable cultu al efe e ces with fictio al cha acte s, i ve ted situatio s a d exagge ated a atives, o ga ized a ou d e te tai me t, film, popula cultu e a d media-themed featu es.
T umpe y Times aims to give eade s a space whe e familia pa ts of co tempo a y cultu e appea i fictio al a d exagge ated fo ms. Visito s ca b owse the i itial collectio of sati ical sto ies a d fictio al p ofiles th ough the website.
T umpe y Times is a sati ical digital publicatio cove i g e te tai me t, popula cultu e a d mode media th ough pa ody, exagge atio a d fictio al sto ytelli g. The publicatio p ese ts familia cultu al ideas th ough fictio al sto yli es a d i ve ted cha acte s. T umpe y Times is ope ated by Raya Do Yaya LLC. Its guidi g p i ciple is simple: “Do ‘t Believe Eve ythi g You Read.” Fo mo e i fo matio , visit https://t umpe ytimes.com.
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