, ) is an Italian site of news satire providing humorous and grotesque articles, headlines, polls and other columns to satirize the tone and format of sensationalistic press, in the style of The Onion.
History The site, founded by Michele Incollu as a parody of the free press website (from which it takes the font of the logo and the similar-sounding name),Stefano Cece (2014-2-15), Lercio: Lo sporco che fa notizia, L'Opinione delle libertà published its first article on October 28, 2012.Cina: liberato pozzo ostruito da un bambino, Lercio is edited by a satirical group that started writing punchlines at La Palestra, a school of comedy writing on the website of the Italian popular comedian Daniele Luttazzi, then founded and finally joined the editorial staff of .
On September 13, 2014, became known to the general public by winning Best Italian Website and Best Joke categories at the Internet Awards.
In November 2014, released its first book , published by Rizzoli and with a fake preface by Orson Welles. In 2015, the renowned in Florence, targeted by the collective in numerous articles, dedicated to one of its famous shovels. On April 13, 2017, released its second book, , published by Shockdom with a preface by Daniele Luttazzi and a cartoons introduction by Sio. In August 2017, performed two shows at the 25th edition of the Sziget Festival in Budapest.
Since 2018, has been collaborating with famous satirical sites from all over Europe, such as (Germany), (France) and (Spain), exchanging and translating articles.Nick Douglas (2018-12-20), How to Spot a Fake Trend Lifehacker In November 2018, two authors from the collective went to Ethiopia for a reportage to promoting a development project under the aegis of the international NGO AMREF.La satira che aiuta l'Africa. Lercio in Etiopia, Amref On December 6, 2018, with a preface by Giobbe Covatta and cover and internal drawings by Sara Pichelli, released its third book , again by Shockdom, composed almost exclusively of unpublished pieces.
From January 28, 2019, Best of , a selection of the best articles published in the past year, became available in the Audible library. In June 2020, .it occupied 7th position in the ranking of Italian media interactions on social networking sites.Claudio Cazzola (2020-5-19), TOP 15 MEDIA ITALIANI SUI SOCIAL. In giugno vincono ancora SkySport e Netflix. Entra in classifica il magazine culturale Libreriamo, Primaonline.it
In July 2020, the website of the Treccani encyclopedia published an analysis about 's metalinguistic satire.Enrico Serena (2020-7-6), “Il congiuntivo? Ce lo siamo inventati” La satira metalinguistica nelle notizie di Lercio, Treccani On July 28, 2020, released its first quiz book, , published by Rizzoli.
The editorial staff of is often requested in institutes and universities, (e.g. CNR) to talk about the relationships between satire and fake news, and has taken part in important festivals throughout Italy, including Cortona Mix Festival, , Prix Italia, , Futura Festival, Web Marketing Festival, Social Media Strategies, Perugia International Journalism Festival, Pisa Internet Festival and Lucca Comics & Games.
Television From 2017 to 2018, "news" videos were broadcast on television by DMAX.
On November 21, 2019, made its debut on the RAI TV show , hosted by Serena Dandini on Rai 3.
Awards 2014 Italian Awards (categories: Best Website and Best Joke)
2015 Italian Awards (categories: Best Website, Satire and Humor Website, and Best Joke) Forte dei Marmi Political Satire Award (category: Web)
2016 Carnival of Viareggio – Satire Award Italian Awards (categories: Best Website, Satire and Humor Website, and Best Joke)
2017 Web Marketing Festival (category: Digital Journalism) Italian Awards (categories: Best Website, Satire and Humor Website, and Best Joke)
2018 Italian Awards (categories: Best Satire and Humor Website, and Best Joke)
2019 "Massimo Troisi" Award for Best Comical Writing "Gabriele Galantara" Satire & Caricature International Award Italian Awards (categories: Best Website, Satire and Humor Website, and Best Joke) (Accademia Social Award)
2020 Bagheria ComBag Award 2020 for Communication
2021 Magna Grecia Awards
2022 Carnival of Viareggio – "Gianfranco Funari" Prize
Bibliography
See also News satire List of satirical news websites
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