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In April 2020, readers brought it to our attention that website Potatriots Unite published an article positing that monsters like the Clintons were quadrupling the prices of ventilators and medical masks in order to get rich during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic: 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: To be clear: The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat. And although there was concern in the U.S. about reported price-gouging around items like hand sanitizer, Clinton Medical Supply and Bicycle Parts was not the subject of that concern because it did not exist. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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