Fake news reports from the Newseum are infinitely better than actual news

Who needs real journalism when you have this?
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Heather Dockray
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Actual investigative journalism: who needs it?

At least, that's what some people will likely conclude after watching these fake news reports from the Newseum, a museum dedicated to exploring the role of journalism in America. Sage Boggs, a reporter from Mic, recently discovered videos uploaded to YouTube from a Newseum exhibit that invites guests to pretend to be reporters.

Put down your paper, turn off your TV: this is news you need to hear.

For the exhibit, called "Be a Reporter," guests stand in front of a blue screen and teleprompter while reporting news "out in the field." Guests read lines right off the teleprompter and get a real taste of what it's like to be a broadcast journalist.

A few guests chose not to listen to instructions and instead improvised their own news reports. Sometimes this involved dancing. Other times, singing. And every once in a while, a beautifully passive aggressive birth announcement.

Though the Newseum does not directly upload the videos, a YouTuber has assembled them into a Newseum Archives channel. The museum used to give guests the options of uploading their video directly to YouTube, before suspending the option earlier this year to make improvements to the technology.

But now, millions everywhere can watch a reporter called Buttface tell us the Supreme Court is "basically useless."

What is this man doing? The world may never, should never know.

Keep on dancin' your way to our hearts, Ashley.

Fact: Boo Boo loves you more than you love yourself.

Has weather ever been this spicy?

Meet your favorite journalist of all time.

Back to you, Internet.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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