An official message from the President
Dear valued fans,
We have some terrible news - The Chaser's twitter account has been un-suspended.
As you may or may not have heard, this week we jumped on what seems to be the most popular trend on social media these days - committing international election fraud in an attempt to subvert democracy. All the cool kids are doing it.
You may remember that back when half of the celebrities on twitter got hacked and suddenly started shilling bitcoin, The New York Times rightly asked the question - with Donald Trump enacting official Presidential business through twitter - what happens when he inevitably gets hacked by some unscrupulous actor?
Well we thought we'd give them the answer.
At 11pm on election eve, we decided to help out our American friends by changing our illustrious verified twitter account over to an offical Donald Trump communication channel, and sensibly urged that voters "Don't vote for me - I'm a massive idiot".
Unfortunately the twitter executives didn't see the funny side, and immediately deleted our account.
While we'd like to say we were upset to loose our 120,000 followers, frankly the prospect of riding out an American election blissfully unaware of what was happening online actually sounded like quite a relief.
We even momentarily considered tuning into Planet America, before we came to our senses.
Unfortunately for everyone, after a 12 hour ban, the powers at be at twitter realised their social network was nothing without us, and reversed their decision, instead only removing our blue verified checkmark from our account.
We apologise profusely for this change of circumstances - we realise that tiny blue tick was likely the only reason you ever followed us, and we'll understand if you no longer wish to subscribe.
Anyway, we have to go now, there's two men in dark suits and sunglasses standing at our door. No idea what they'd want.
Cam Smith
The Chaser's (Former) Social Media Manager
THE CHASER AND SHOVEL ANNUAL 2020
Due to a minor printing error, they're a little bit delayed, but they will be dispatched by 2030. Despite the delay, rest assured that none of the jokes about Andrew Bolt have been cleared by our lawyers. BUY NOW
THE SHOT
The Chaser now has a much more serious sister site, The Shot. This week, it's covering some irresponsible comedy group who tried to disrupt an election. Check it out.
THE CHASER DAILY
You can now receive all the latest Chaser news headlines from the past 24 hours, direct to your inbox, without having to give all your data to Mark Zuckerberg. The email is automatically generated and sent out at 4pm (Melbourne time) each day just in time to miss all the most important updates. Sign up now.
SUPPORT THE CHASER
If you haven't already, please consider subscribing to the website to support independent fake news (and initiatives like The Shot). Your generous donations have so far covered almost two faberge eggs for our office, and 40 unpaid interns.
PODCAST - New episode out today
 We cover the most most important competition to take place this week - The Melbourne Cup. Oh and also, the American election. Stream it online on our website or at Nova or download it in any podcast app, including:
WAR ON 2020: THE LIVESTREAM
 Relive the year you'd rather forget, via a streaming comedy show full of sketches and stunts about the year. Two nights only, grab your tickets fast because they're already moving quickly for reasons we don't understand.
|
