Satire or parody? Either way this self-described "editor" fails miserably

Last Friday was Vol. 1/Issue 14 of Margaret Menge's ALWAYS FREE TABLOID (AFT) in the City of Lake Worth. She keeps threatening to charge for her tabloid but each week it appears FREE. There's little or no advertising and a scattering of classifieds in her AFT but inexplicably each Friday it appears in places like Publix and Starbucks. Who's paying for this effort? Many suspect a former city mayor is responsible.

Ms. Menge's terrible reporting is now the stuff of legends in the City: from proposing an "Art Ship" in the Intracoastal, to her terrible treatment of a woman's death, SHOCKING! headlines, lack of corrections/clarifications, and on and on it goes.

Now she's trying her hand at satire now. Or is it parody? What we do know is this, it's not news. And it's also really, really bad. This 'article' appeared on page 7 at the top of the page, opposite the always amusing House Editorial on page 6:

Picture of Ms. Menge's piece. Note the email to left of picture. Cannot be read without magnifying glass.

What's irresponsible about this is readers, including her own readers, might conclude this is actually real news and not satire or parody. You actually have to read the entire thing to find out. Nowhere does she label it but she does leave clues; here are some:

• She refers to Lake Worth Mayor Triolo as "Mayor Pam Tricolor"
• James Tebbe of the Gulf Stream of Lake Worth Condominium Assoc. she refers to as "Jim Tube"
• Refers to "Commissioner McCoy"; a play on Comm. McVoy's name
• Refers to John Szerdi as "Seri"
• Calls the historic Sundy House the "Sandy House"
• Misspells the name of Lake Worth controller Corinne Elliott
• She publishes an email no one can read (see image above)

There are other examples but it's not my intention to bore everyone. The next time Ms. Menge takes a shot at parody/satire she really should label it as such. I'm sure her readers, the few left, would appreciate a break from all the hysteria and SHOCKING revelations. After a while even the most prone to hysteria need a break from the hamster wheel.