The Rochdale Herald

The Rochdale Herald
Type of site
 Satirical News
Available in English
Owner Quentin D. Fortesqueue, James Grossweiner Jnr.
Website https://rochdaleherald.co.uk
Registration optional
Launched 13th June, 2016
Current status Active

The Rochdale Herald is a satirical website founded in June 2016. Supposedly based in Rochdale, UK, many of its articles lampoon news stories and public figures from around the world.

On numerous occasions readers have mistaken Herald articles for real news stories, much to the amusement of regular readers.[1][2][3][4] The site's tagline is "The World's Worst Local Newspaper". In December 2016, Paul Golding, the leader of extreme-right political party Britain First was jailed for eight weeks after breaching a High Court ban on him entering any mosque in England and Wales. The Rochdale Herald was quick to capitalise on this by creating a JustGiving page to raise funds for The Refugee Council, effectively encouraging people to sponsor his jail term to raise money for charity.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "FACT CHECK: Did Buzz Aldrin Say Not Punching Donald Trump Was His 'Greatest Achievement'?". Snopes.com. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  2. ↑ "People actually believed that Big Ben was going to be renamed 'Massive Mohammed'". Metro. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Someone joked that Big Ben would be renamed Massive Mohammed and people were furious". indy100. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  4. ↑ "This Fake Story Claiming Big Ben Will Be Renamed For Muslims Is Making A Lot Of People Mad". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  5. ↑ "The Britain First 'Sponsored Jail Term' Has Smashed Its Target". HuffPost UK. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
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