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On March 15, 2016, Empire News published an article positing that a restaurant in New York City had received a license to serve human flesh: This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: This article was originally published in March 2016, but it has been republished a few times on other entertainment websites. In November 2019, for instance, a website called Elite News Press published a near-verbatim copy of this satirical article. That website, however, did not carry a readily available disclaimer and led some people to believe that they were reading a genuine news article. That, of course, is not the case. The claim that a restaurant in New York City received a license to serve human meat originated with a website that describes its content as satire. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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