Game: Media Mayhem

Question

All of us know that the Media greatly exaggerates everything. Here is a game based on that!

Here are the rules:

1. Check the previous post. There will be a 1 or 2 sentence report of a make-believe news story. It is your job to greatly exaggerate what that sentence says. An example news story might be, "Several ducks suddenly died for no reason last week." There are many ways to exaggerate that!

2. When exaggerating, you can post as long or short a post as you want. It can be 1 or 2 sentences, or it can be 8 or 9 sentences. There is no limit!

3. After posting your exaggeration, post your own news story for someone else to use.

4. Translate everything into Spanish/English.

5. Pictures are appreciated!

Warning: Please do not post anything containing politics, obscenity, or sexuality. I know the Media does this all the time, but this is just a game!

Here is an example:

News: "Four inches of rain fell last week. Some businesses were inconvenienced from the rising water."

"Cuatro pulgadas de lluvia cayeron la semana pasada. Algunas empresas fueron afectadas desde el agua creciente."

Media: "Total panic! Rising floodwater completely submerges many businesses, and the government has issued a state of emergency!"

"Pánico total. Levantándose una crecida sumerge completamente muchas empresas y el gobierno ha emitido un estado de emergencia."

First News story: "Small power failure in New York. Emergency generators started working within minutes."

Me gusta mucho este juego! - mark1118, Mar 24, 2014

Gracias! Me gusta su respuesta! - 00ffada9, Mar 24, 2014

Answer 1

Terroristas rusas sospechada de causando corte de energia masiva en nueva york. El presidente ha declarado guerra contra Rusia!!

News story: A 'No' vote in Scottish independence would help create "greater certainty and stability" in business, defense giant BAE has said.

Very good! I took the Obama picture out because that might provoke some reactions from some people. Please don't include politics! - 00ffada9, Mar 24, 2014

Oh i forgot about the no politics rule...sorry guys. - mark1118, Mar 24, 2014

it doesn't leave us much to talk about. Lost dogs? - annierats, Mar 24, 2014

It doesn't have to be real news. Anything will do! - 00ffada9, Mar 24, 2014

Answer 2

Marks' news presented in the Tiverton gazette:

Todo el mundo espera las noticias de la elección escocesa con gran emoción , hay muchedumbres por todas las plazas del Reino Unido esperando los resultados. La Guardia Civil de Tiverton está en alerta para prevenir las disturbias.

New: The last known words from the Malaysian aircraft were a cheerful ''Good Night''. This indicates a terrorist take-over according to Air Malaysia sources.

haha love the pic! - mark1118, Mar 24, 2014

The rioting is building Mark, just you wait.. - annierats, Mar 24, 2014