| 词条 | The UnReal Times |
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| name = The UnReal Times | logo = TheUnrealTimes website.png | logocaption = | screenshot = | collapsible = | collapsetext = | caption = | url = {{URL|http://www.theunrealtimes.com/|theunrealtimes.com}} | commercial = No | type = News Satire | registration = | language = English | num_users = | content_license = | owner = | author = Karthik Laxman and C.S. Krishna | editor = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2011|04|14|df=yes}} | alexa = | revenue = | current_status = Inactive | footnotes = }}"The UnReal Times" is an Indian satire, spoof, parody and humour portal featuring satirical articles on politics, entertainment, cricket, media, international affairs and society. Founded in 2011, the portal publishes fake news reports, comic strips, mock transcripts, fake Facebook and Twitter conversations among other formats, combining irreverent humour with biting satire in its commentary on current events. The Unreal Times has been referred to as The Onion of India (after American satire portal The Onion), most notably by tech blog makeuseof.com.[1] HistoryThe UnReal Times was initiated on 14 April 2011,[2] when the founders CS Krishna and Karthik Laxman wrote an article titled "Government mulls direct cash transfers by dropping money bags from the sky" jibing the government's direct cash transfer schemes.[3] After the article's positive reception, the founders booked the domain name www.theunrealtimes.com, created the first version of The UnReal Times and began to publish one satirical article per day.[4] Through social media websites, Facebook and Twitter, the website began to gain traction and grew in popularity, aided from time to time by viral articles such as "Manmohan Singham",[5] "BCG hires McKinsey to advise it on how to become number 1",[6] "Journalist mistakenly interviews Bollywood actor Imran Khan instead of Pakistani cricket legend",[7] and "Stunning Revelation: West Indies' Cricket captain, Darren Sammy, is a Tamil Brahmin!".[8] The website became inactive on 30 November 2016 shortly after the 2016 United States Presidential Election and the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation.[9] In 2017, URT columnist Ashwin Kumar launched a weekly satire series titled Unreal Missions that ran for ten episodes.[10] Features and columnistsThe UnReal Times features a variety of article formats including fake news reports, mock transcripts of cabinet meetings and cricket dressing room conversations, picture series, fake Facebook wall snippets, fake Tweet series and videos. The picture series format is particularly popular among readers, and the columnist responsible for its popularity, Ashwin Kumar, is regarded as one of the top writers in this genre.[11] Other popular columnists are Ajayendar Reddy, whose article on Dr. Raghuram Rajan was referenced in mainstream media,[12][13][14] Anand Walunjkar, Divya Srikanth, Lokesh Bahety, Pankaj Vaidya, Pritam Chatterjee, and Srini Chandra. Some columnists write under pen names, among them are D-MAN, Hitler Swamy and Insane Insaan. The editors write under the pen name UnReal Mama. Media coverageThe UnReal Times has been mentioned in mainstream media several times:
The UnReal Times or its articles have also been featured or linked to in DNA,[19] Sydney Morning Herald,[20] Bloomberg[21] and New York Times.[22] ControversiesIn August 2011, The UnReal Times released a video titled Manmohan Singham, featuring Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (morphed over Singham protagonist Ajay Devgn) as an action hero fighting evils such as inflation, corruption, terrorism and so on. The video went viral on Facebook and Twitter, and was also shared by Ajay Devgn on his Twitter and Facebook page. However, Congress party workers in some states filed complaints with cyber crime cells of their respective states.[3] In early 2013, an UnReal Times article on IIPM founder Arindam Chaudhuri titled "Dare to think beyond Google: Arindam Chaudhuri launches Ponytail Search" was blocked by the Department of Telecom along with over 70 other URLs on the basis of a court order after Arindam Chaudhari sought legal action against pages critical of his organization.[23] BooksIn April 2014, the founders of The UnReal Times launched Unreal Elections a satirical novel published by Penguin Random House. The book traces key political events in the year leading to General Elections 2014 with imaginative and fictitious accounts of backroom machinations, eventually resulting in an unexpected climax towards the end. The book received positive reviews in mainstream media - Business Standard wrote that the book "will leave you breathless with waves of irresistible and uncontrollable laughter".[24] Mid-day.com wrote: "Be prepared to laugh a lot at the humorous proceedings but also to feel a tinge of sadness about the murkiness of politics".[25] In 2016, a second novel titled UnReal Aliens was released. The book was a satirical take on aliens visiting India.[26] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Parrack|first=Dave|title=Faking It: 8 Of The Best Spoof News Websites|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/faking-it-8-of-the-best-spoof-news-websites/|publisher=MakeUseOf.com}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.magnamags.com/society/an-interview-with-the-unreal-times-founders/2885|title=An interview with The Unreal Times founders : MagnaMags|work=magnamags.com}} 3. ^1 {{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-18/mumbai/30530930_1_fairness-cream-news-portals-readers | work=The Times Of India | title=Web of true lies - The Times of India}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Hebbar|first=Nistula|title=Modern Day Aesops|url=http://mobileet.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=21§id=edid=&edlabel=ETBG&mydateHid=07-04-2013&pubname=Economic+Times+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar02100&publabel=ET|work=The Times of India}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Video: Watch the trailer of ‘MANMOHAN SINGHAM’ starring Dr. Manmohan Singh|url=http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2011/07/16/video-watch-the-trailer-of-%E2%80%98manmohan-singham%E2%80%99-starring-dr-manmohan-singh/|publisher=The UnReal Times}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=BCG hires McKinsey to advise it on how to become number 1|url=http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2011/08/12/bcg-hires-mckinsey-to-advise-it-on-how-to-become-number-1/|publisher=The UnReal Times}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Journalist mistakenly interviews Bollywood actor Imran Khan instead of Pakistani cricket legend|url=http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2011/09/15/journalist-mistakenly-interviews-bollywood-actor-imran-khan-instead-of-pakistani-cricket-legend/|publisher=The UnReal Times}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Stunning revelation: West Indies’ cricket captain, Darren Sammy, is a Tam brahm!!!|url=http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2011/12/10/stunning1-revelation-west-indian-cricket-captain-darren-sammy-is-a-tam-bahm|publisher=The UnReal Times}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Satire website ‘The UnReal Times’ shuts down; is rising intolerance the reason? |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/satire-website-the-unreal-times-shuts-down-website-is-rising-intolerance-the-reason/459421/ |accessdate=5 February 2019 |work=Financial Express |date=29 November 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web |title=The UnReal Times on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/TheUnRealTimes/status/899490477640007681 |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=5 February 2019}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Not just for laughs|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nxg/not-just-for-laughs/article5044722.ece|work=The Hindu | location=Chennai, India|first=Uthra|last=Nagarajan|date=2013-08-21}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Raghuram's handsomeness averts India's crisis|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-16/edit-page/42113443_1_food-inflation-gold-imports-raghuram-rajan|work=The Times of India}} 13. ^{{cite web|last=Raman|first=Kripa|title=The new Rajan|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/The-new-Rajan/articleshow/22236192.cms|work=Mumbai Mirror}} 14. ^{{cite web|last=Bose|first=Adrija|title=How 'Rockstar' Rajan is storming Twitter, Tumblr|url=http://www.firstpost.com/economy/how-rockstar-rajan-is-storming-twitter-tumblr-1089447.html|work=FirstPost}} 15. ^{{cite web|last=Bose|first=Ajoy|title=The Mango Harvest|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282656|publisher=Outlook}} 16. ^{{cite web|last=Chaturvedi|first=Devika|title=The Ideas Factory: With Malice for All |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ideas-factory-with-malice-for-all-karthik-laxman-c.s.-krishna/1/186374.html|publisher=India Today}} 17. ^{{cite web|last=Chaudhry|first=Lakshmi|title=The Robert Vadra mystery: Forget property, how did he acquire Priyanka?|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-robert-vadra-mystery-forget-property-how-did-he-acquire-priyanka-484188.html|publisher=FirstPost.com}} 18. ^{{cite news|last=Banyan|title=All the news that's fit to fake|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/05/satire-india|work=The Economist|accessdate=21 May 2013|date=2013-05-21}} 19. ^{{cite web|last=Chaturvedi|first=Devika|title=Will the real Imran Khan|url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=1/woAGJHBIseHQOgLIYnBjbCol42uDojFxRcpZLoAEk=|publisher=DNA}} 20. ^{{cite news|last=Rakic|first=Josh|title=Gold Coast contest could leave Slater high and dry |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/gold-coast-contest-could-leave-slater-high-and-dry-20120305-1uedm.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald}} 21. ^{{cite news|last=Choudhury|first=Chandrahas|title=India's Ultimate Insider Tries for Outsider Status|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/india-s-ultimate-insider-tries-for-outsider-status.html|publisher=Bloomberg}} 22. ^{{cite news|last=Timmons|first=Heather|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/parody-or-actual-government-of-india-statement/?_r=0|work=New York Times|title=Parody, or Actual Government of India Statement?|date=2012-08-27}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/call-me-ugly-but-dont-attack-my-business-says-arindam-chaudhari-629759.html|title=Call me ugly but don't attack my business, says Arindam Chaudhari|work=Firstpost}} 24. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/unreal-elections-an-unnaturally-incisive-view-of-the-2014-polls-book-review-114041900269_1.html | work=Business Standard | title='Unreal Elections' : An unnaturally incisive view of the 2014 polls (Book Review)}} 25. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/unreal-elections/15240070 | work=Mid-day | title=Unreal Elections}} 26. ^{{cite news |title=Unreal Aliens book review: Alienation? The Alien visit and invasion of Modi’s India |url=https://www.india.com/life/unreal-aliens-book-review-alienation-the-alien-visit-and-invasion-of-modis-india-1630127/ |accessdate=5 February 2019 |work=IANS |publisher=India.com |date=5 November 2016}} External links
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