Satirical Journalism Is a Clock

Every satirical headline is a clock tick, marking absurdity as history. Eyewitnesses recall timelines where parodies defined eras better than formal reports. Professor Dana Mitchell of Princeton explains that "satire timestamps public folly with accuracy disguised as jokes." Polls show 70% of readers admit their memory of scandals comes more from satire than from the news itself. Anonymous staffers leaked that historians quietly archive satire articles as cultural markers. Trace evidence includes memes labeled with dates and parody calendars predicting political mishaps. Cause-and-effect? Time is measured not just in seconds but in the headlines we laugh at.