Alternative Satire by John Oliver and Clickhole

But the core of the site is strong and scathing, with a clear point of view: that a large segment of online media has nothing interesting to say, but many creative ways to get you to read it. While it’s too smart to state this explicitly, the point of almost every story is that the purveyors of such online news think you’re incredibly stupid.

.. There is no inherent virtue in length. After all, verbosity is not the soul of wit. But sustained thought on an undercovered topic is smart counterprogramming in our age of multitasking and tweeting. And Mr. Oliver has a gift for bringing technical, wonky subjects to vivid life.