"Carbolic Smoke Ball" fires lead reporter; it turns out every story we've reported was made up!

PITTSBURGH - This news source terminated its lead reporter, Bradleys Roadhouse, last night, when it was discovered that he fabricated every single story we have ever reported.

All the while we believed that we were obtaining major scoops over every other news source when, in reality, Mr. Roadhouse was sitting at his computer concocting the stories from whole cloth.

The unfortunate part is that there are thousands of people around the world who have relied on this site as the sole source of their news. As it turns out, they were woefully misinformed.

We cannot erase the past, but we pledge that the fake news stories end here and now. You have my word on that.

Hon. Rufus Peckham