__NOTOC__ ''Christwire'' is a satirical website that publishes

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-style articles intended to ridicule excesses of American Christian conservatives. Recurring topics include homosexuality, atheism, Hollywood, and other purported threats to American culture. Like similar satirical websites, Christwire's stories have sometimes been erroneously taken at face value. According to co-founder Kirwin Watson, their target is not Christians but "those who do not question what they hear on the news".

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Due to the wide public attention at the name Christwire, the site also runs topekasnews.com. One satirical news article by "Haywood Bynum III" pronounced that "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella." The

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anti-drug organization copied the article onto their website without fact checking the satirical article.

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