Letter from the Humor Editor: On misinformation
Let’s face it: Misinformation’s gotten boring. Fox News has said the same stale bits since 2016, and MSNBC… well, no one watches MSNBC, anyway.
My friends, the media landscape has become depressing and maybe a bit too spray-tanned (if you know what I mean). We’re at each other’s throats, we’re at our wits end, hell, we’ve had it up to here with the world’s crap. But in this time of confusion and anger a new warrior rises from the ashes of our dissent: The Stanford Daily humor section.
Yes, you heard it right. As managing editor of the humor section, I am proud to say that today’s April Fool’s newsletter is a fine example of fake news done right. Amongst our offerings, Garrett Khatchaturian ’28 describes the Caltrain’s latest trolley-related problem: kill one, or kill five? Devin Abrahams ’28 explains why you’re wrong, and he’s right. Mason Barrett reviews the fantastic performance of genius founder Mason Barrett at his sketch comedy troupe’s performance. Jenny Ballutay ’28 creates the single greatest diss track of an article in Daily history. Richard Chen ’27 has the latest news on the GSB’s hottest new startup (a lemonade stand). John Puri ’26 defends Yankee’s Fans, the real silent majority. Cate Burtner ’25 leaves an introspective, personal review of the Great American Picture Book, “A Bad Case of the Stripes.” And Will Steere J.D. ’25 and Riley Burton J.D. ’25 report on the Trump administration’s newest anti-DEI crackdown: banning the equals sign from the math department.
Now of course you ask, “Sam, is any of this true?” to which I say, “No, not one thing.” But that’s the point, dammit. I hope you learn nothing real nor practical from our articles (well, maybe some factoids, like who Robert Recorde was). Instead, I hope that some of these articles make you see the world just a bit differently. I hope you see these writers speaking some cold, hard truth to power. I hope that you read these articles right smack dab in the middle of your biggest, earliest lecture, because lord knows 9:30 a.m. is too early to do anything on Stanford’s campus (except maybe some light road construction). And more than anything, I hope that these articles make you laugh, smile and feel happy, even if only for a moment.
So, without further ado, I present to you the humor section’s first April Fool’s newsletter. Remember: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Just don’t be afraid to laugh at something, either.
This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Edward Herman Davis, 1938-2025: the funniest Yankee’s fan this side of the Mississippi river, and an even better man.
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