The Rochdale Herald

The Rochdale Herald is a satirical website founded in June 2016. Supposedly based in Rochdale, UK, many of its articles lampoon news stories and public figures from around the world.

The Rochdale Herald
Type of site
Satirical News
Available inEnglish
OwnerQuentin D. Fortesqueue, James Grossweiner Jnr.
URLhttps://rochdaleherald.co.uk
Registrationoptional
Launched13 June 2016
Current statusActive

On numerous occasions readers have mistaken Herald articles for real news stories, much to the amusement of regular readers.[1][2][3][4] The site's tagline is "The World's Worst Local Newspaper". In December 2016, Paul Golding, the leader of extreme-right political party Britain First was jailed for eight weeks after breaching a High Court ban on him entering any mosque in England and Wales. The Rochdale Herald was quick to capitalise on this by creating a JustGiving page to raise funds for The Refugee Council, effectively encouraging people to sponsor his jail term to raise money for charity.[5]

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References
  1. "FACT CHECK: Did Buzz Aldrin Say Not Punching Donald Trump Was His 'Greatest Achievement'?". Snopes.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. "People actually believed that Big Ben was going to be renamed 'Massive Mohammed'". Metro. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Someone joked that Big Ben would be renamed Massive Mohammed and people were furious". indy100. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. "This Fake Story Claiming Big Ben Will Be Renamed For Muslims Is Making A Lot Of People Mad". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. "The Britain First 'Sponsored Jail Term' Has Smashed Its Target". HuffPost UK. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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