Le Picayune
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| File:Picayunetitlepage.png Front page of The Picayune from 5 April 2017 | |
| Type | Satirical news magazine |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | édition |
| Editor | Henri Rienne |
| Founded | 12 February 1953 |
| Headquarters | Neujardin, Lotrič, Midrasia |
| Country | Midrasia |
| Circulation | 520,000 |
| ISSN | 0237-0498 |
| Website | www.picayune.md |
Le Picayune, meaning worthless, is a Midrasian fortnightly satirical news magazine based in Neujardin, Lotrič.
The magazine was founded in 1953 and is widely renowned for its lampooning of public figures and investigatory work into revolving door politics and political scandals. Picayune is perhaps most famous today for its role in the resignation of Midrasian Prime Minister Charles Vauban and the outbreak of the Midrasian Spring.
As of summer 2017 Le Picayune is Midrasia's best selling political magazine, despite declining sales from the 2010s onward, the magazine has seen an upswing in sales from 2017 onward, with sales particularly climbing after the magazine's coverage of Charles Vauban's alleged corruption.
History
Frequent targets for parody and satire
- Charles Vauban was Midrasian Prime minister between 2013 and 2017. Vauban was depicted as perpetually intoxicated and ignorant of foreign customs and diplomatic etiquette.
- Isaac II Hipasi the King of Hipasia is subject to a running joke wherein the Hipasian monarchy is part of an international one-world government conspiracy. Regular jokes depict right-wing Midrasian publications, particularly the l'Oracle (whose founder was a notable anti-Semite) blaming the Hipaso-Terncan international conspiracy along with immigrants for wider societal issues.
- Raymond Holt Prime Minister of Newrey is depicted as a racist and homophobic skin-head nicknamed Beards both in reference to his characteristic facial hair and alleged closet homosexuality. Holt is regularly shown persecuting homosexuals and minorities in an attempt to fit in with the 'cool kids' in the Newreyan Conservative Party.