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Rebecca Black Enjoys April Fool’s Day

In this screen image released by FunnyOrDie.com, the homepage for the popular comedy video website “Funny or Die,” is shown with an April Fools' Day redesign featuring teenage viral video star Rebecca Black. Story here. (AP Photo/FunnyOrDie.com)

Question: Do you enjoy April Fool's Day?

Media Enjoy April Fool’s Spoofs, Too

In the Coeur d’Alene Press today, staff writer April Fuhl wrote the newspaper’s traditional faux story to celebrate April Fool’s Day. In this instance, the anonymous scribe contended that the “Cur d’Alene City Council” voted unanimously to make Tubbs Hill ”a full-fledged dog park — with no two-legged critters allowed.” Councilman “Woofy” McEvers is quoted. It’s all in fun. Sorta. Less fun, for California Congresswoman and soon-to-be Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher (pictured), was a spoof by blogger Halfway To Concord. The blogger said Tauschner had “shocked national and international diplomacy and fashion circles today when she announced she would wed Osama bin-Laden in a wedding to be held at a secret location in Nairobi this June.” And continued here. Tauschner’s office responded with this: “The item on Ellen Tauscher is offensive, unacceptable and libelous. Worse, it’s not even funny. Please remove it at once.”

Question: What do you think? When does a written spoof on April Fool’s Day cross the line?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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