Like Rachel Maddow, Howard Stern Is Also Duped By ChristWire’s Satire

If the name ChristWire sounds familiar, it may because you recall that MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was duped by the satirical site a couple of weeks ago, echoing a story it ran about a “North American attack on North Africa” on her show.

Well, now it appears that Howard Stern – radio host and media personality who wears the other half of Piers Morgan‘s broken heart friendship necklace – has been tricked by a ChristWire story as well.

The site, for those who aren’t familiar, offers overblown, hyperbolic satirical pieces about less than savory media figures, written from the point of view of “concerned Christians.” (In other words, if Church Lady had a blog, it would look an awful lot like ChristWire.)

The Atlantic Wire reports on Stern’s confusion during his show today:

“This is for real,” grimaced Stern. “This is from ChristWire.”

He then proceeds to slowly read a blog post accusing him of spreading profane pictures on Twitter including “naked lesbian women” and “drunken gay midgets.”

Now, if it had been a story about drunk naked lesbian midgets, it would have been much, much more believable.

Listen to audio of Stern’s show for yourselves, uploaded by the folks at ChristWire, but – be warned – the language is NSFW.

h/t ChristWire

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