I've thought seriously about making up a fake blog detailing just incredibly laughable "atrocity stories"--stuff like American soldiers confiscating Harry Potter books from Iraqi children, or forcing the Gitmo prisoners to watch Pokemon.

 

I have the distinct feeling that at least one news wire or paper would e-mail me asking to use my stuff.  The only reason I don't is because I could get sued, or worse, someone would take me seriously.

 

Actually, you can get away with quite a lot as long as it is clearly identified as a parody.  Just look at South Park.  But they have that warning at the start & all people can do is gripe.  The SCOTUS has ruled that parady is a protected form of speech.

 

Or look at the Onion.  Actually, a Chinese news service once once plaigerized a story from the Onion about replacing the capital dome in Washington with a retractable roof.

I always liked this one, link a lot of people seem to have trouble figuring out that they are a parody site (though to be fair they deny all implications of parody and claim that folks who think they are a parody are going to spend the rest of eternity in hell!)