Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Satire is dead, #8923999267204

British television viewers will soon be treated to a reality TV show based on the Guantanamo concentration camp.

"Using an east London warehouse and declassified internal documents obtained from US sources, programme-makers mocked up conditions as they are inside Guantánamo, before subjecting seven volunteers to some of the milder forms of torture alleged to have been used by US authorities. The programme exposed the volunteers, three of whom are Muslim, to 48 hours of 'torture lite' including sleep deprivation, the use of extreme temperatures and 'mild' physical contact."

And they'll be fed food from British pubs, too. Now that's abuse.

Meanwhile, MSNBC published the most Onion-like headline of the week: Teens' online lingo leaves parents baffled.

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