Satire Site Pokes Fun At Ex Top Cop S Onion Gaffe

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PETALING JAYA: Satire site Tapir Times yesterday poked fun at a former top cop whose gaffe over an article by US satirical paper The Onion earned him ridicule online, continuing the line of parody begun in the original report
It said former inspector-general Musa Hassan had been “cleared of all suspected involvement in ongoing CIA cases” after he shared the article titled “CIA Issues Posthumous Apology After New Evidence Clears Osama Bin Laden Of Involvement In 9/11 Attacks”
“‘Once it was revealed the former Malaysian police chief didn’t know all you need is a pulse and a website to produce silly online news, he was no longer considered a potential mastermind behind any ongoing CIA and FBI investigations,’ CIA sources confirmed,” it added
“‘In a separate statement, US President Donald Trump said Mr Hassan is welcome at the White House any time to join him for cheeseburgers.'”Musa, who refused to back down over the article published Jan 10 despite being told by numerous Twitter users that The Onion was a parody site, had said that the US government must issue a statement about it
Calling the article an example of irresponsible journalism, he said the integrity of the CIA could be questioned if it did not deny the report
DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, in a statement today, said it was clear that Musa did not understand the meaning of satire
He added that Musa, who lectures at UiTM’s Centre of Media and Information Warfare Studies, had made Malaysia “the butt of jokes on Twitter”
“This does not speak well for the calibre and quality of Malaysia’s top public officers or university education,” he said
“UiTM’s Centre of Media and Information Warfare Studies should be one of the media schools and agencies which should play a leading role to promote national media literacy, from kindergarten level to universities as is happening in Finland and other countries concerned about the danger of fake news
“But how can they play such a role when they are ignorant about the character of Onion.com or The Tapir Times?” - FMT

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