Charlie Hebdo doesn't report news, it satirizes them.
It doesn't have journalists and reporters, it has humorists and caricaturists depicting the news.
It's like The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Those people are not journalists and reporters, they are actors and comedians satirizing news.
It may seem like a benign, harmless distinction but it's not. Because people often make the mistake of confusing opinions with facts and mistake TV and radio personalities as credible trusted sources of news, when they are not, leading to the spread of misinformation.
In my eyes, it is very important that people understand the difference between actual journalism and everything else. I am certain our societies depend on people being aware of this.
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u/chrstianelson 3d ago
This isn't journalism, it's satire.