News Irony
200 real-life examples of news irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of news? Submit your own example.
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Is it ironic that Having noted that most people do not understand the meaning of irony, we now have a crowd-sourced website that uses majority rule voting to decide what is and is not ironic.
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Is it ironic that The pledge of allegiance that conservatives hold so dear to their hearts was written by a socialist that was outraged by corporate greed, capitalism, and the widening economical gap between the rich and the poor?
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Is it ironic that Currently in Los Angeles, a bill is up for vote that would ban electronic cigarettes for fear that they will lead people to smoking tobacco cigarettes, which may end up killing them.
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Is it ironic that An Amish man with the name of Mullet was convicted of a violent hate crime involving hair cutting?
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Is it ironic that Is a commercial full of celebrities demanding gun control who make money on sensationalizing violence with guns ironic? http://www.
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Is it ironic that The people yelling the loudest for gun control are protected by armed security?
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Is it ironic that FEMA closes because of a noreaster.
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Is it ironic that A police officer, while speeding down the freeway, crashes his car while trying to catch a another car so he could write him a ticket for speeding and reckless driving?
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Is it ironic that A polie station is robbed by a cop.
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Is it ironic that A Harvard University fellow who was studying ethics was charged with hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer network to steal nearly 5 million academic articles.
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Is it ironic that A seminar on Global Warming was cancelled due to snow.
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Is it ironic that "The kids were scared of their parents.
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Is it ironic that Donald Trump always looks like he needs a good fart?
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Is it ironic that The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island are closed to visitors due to Government Shutdown due primarily to argument over Immigration?
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Is it ironic that Would it be ironic if Donald Trump converted to Islam.
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Is it ironic that The BBC spearheading a campaign on how to distinguish between real news and fake news.
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Is it ironic that Guns won't be allowed at Trump's NRA speech?
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Is it ironic that Nowadays, immigration has become a trump card for many politicians.
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Is it ironic that The yellow pages listed a funeral home as frozen foods.
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Is it ironic that Bill Maher said "Mitt Romney said he wanted GDP growth to be 5% by the time he left office in 2016.
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Is it ironic that Michael Brown's parents hired an independent forensic expert to perform a second autopsy on Brown's body because they did not believe the Chief State Medical Examiner was qualified then the "expert" they hired ended up being a fraud?
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Is it ironic that Bob said that everyone should see a video by CNN, when he really thinks they are a shitty news organization.
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Is it ironic that A local news paper ran a story in which they said "It's both sad and a bit ironic.
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Is it ironic that A traveling exhibition featuring artifacts from the Titanic has been forced to close due to water damage at Atlanta's Premier Exhibition Center on 11/16/2013.
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Is it ironic that Chris Huhne wrote an article about the press needing more credibility when his credibility is close to nil.