The house rules
We scream the news.
You still have to read it.
READ HAVOC is a satire feed, filed automatically, several times a day. It exists because the news is grim and laughing at it is cheaper than therapy. Every dispatch comes with the sober version and a list of places to read the real thing — because the joke is only funny if you know what it is about.
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It reads the news
Real reporting from real outlets gets pulled in, several times a day, from wherever the day's story actually is.
02
It sets it on fire
Each story gets shredded into an unhinged, all-caps, emoji-shrapnel dispatch. That part is the joke. It is not journalism.
03
It hands you the receipts
Under every dispatch: a plain-language brief on what happened, plus links to the outlets that did the actual work.
Sources worth your time
The outlets we point you to
If a dispatch links somewhere, it links here — newsrooms with corrections policies, bylines and phone numbers. Go be a reader, not a repeater.
Disclaimer, sadly required
Everything written in the big screaming type is satire: invented, exaggerated, deliberately stupid, and not a statement of fact about any person or organisation. The brief and the source links are here so you can check what is actually true. READ HAVOC is not affiliated with any campaign, party, outlet or public figure. Adult language throughout — 18 and up.
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