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That isn't so funny. With the missing planes from the last year I just can't find humour in this

How does this happen. Like really. There is only so much track. And where are all the people that worked on the train. Did they disappear too.

@leapyear - Where do you see this indicated as a satirical story? Unless i'm unfamiliar with this news format cbc is using? Radio interview indicates 2 missing people not including the conductor i believe.  
 
If there was a related story i was unaware.  
 
 
 
Edited by thedude, 2015-09-19 03:38:31

A Canadian radio show's report that a "47-car train goes missing" is a satirical story aimed at poking fun at the National Canadian Rail, although it appears a lot of Canadians don't get the joke.  
 
Lead Stories' Trendolizer identified the story as trending on social networks Friday, September 18, 2015 - a day after it aired on CBC Radio's "This Is That," which is billed as "a current affairs program that doesn't just talk about the issues, it fabricates them."

leapyear said "A Canadian radio show's report that a "47-car train goes missing" is a satirical story aimed at poking fun at the National Canadian Rail, although it appears a lot of Canadians don't get the joke.     Lead Stories' Trendolizer identified the story as trending on social networks Friday, September 18, 2015 - a day after it aired on CBC Radio's "This Is That," which is billed as "a current affairs program that doesn't just talk about the issues, it fabricates them." "

My apologies, checked the other headings on their main page and they seemed legitimate. Very misleading webpage if your not familiar with their format. Which i clearly am not. Sorry for adding to the sensationalism.  
 
I should have figured by the name.  
Moderator please omit this thread or remove from "news" category. Now i'm embarrassed.  
 
 
 
 
Edited by thedude, 2015-09-19 04:01:17

Took a couple of seconds but there isn't a large railway in North America called National Canadian Railway.... Come to think, there isn't one called Canadian National anymore either. CN, that's it. Along with CP, the name Canadian Pacific has gone by the wayside as well. Correct me if I'm wrong, JR.  
Train cars go 'missing' all the time; didn't surprise me when I first read the title of the story.

It's actually a pretty good radio show. You won't be the first or last, thedude.  
 
Source: Wikipedia  
 
This is That is a news satire program broadcast on CBC Radio, which airs comedic news stories presented in the style of a real CBC Radio public affairs program.  
 
The program, whose style has been compared to The Onion, has drawn phone calls from listeners who did not realize that they were listening to a comedy program and took the content seriously: Hosts Peter Oldring and Chris Kelly admit to having been surprised that listeners would be fooled.  
 
In June 2010, the National Post reported as fact that CTV purchased the set of the NBC series Friends: this, however, was a satirical story by This Is That.  
 
Also in 2012, Public Radio International reported as fact a This Is That story that dogs in Montreal would have to know commands in both English and French by law.  
 
In early 2013, Harper's News reported as fact a This Is That story in which a Canadian student "sued her university for failing to accommodate her allergies to cactuses, escalators, tall people, and mauve."  
 
In September of the same year, several media organizations, including USA Today and the Washington Times, reported on a story about an U-11 organization that had decided to play soccer without a ball to remove competition from the game.  
 
In 2014, Jonathan Jones at The Guardian wrote an article analyzing the satire in their story about a New York artist creating invisible art and selling it for millions.  
 
The program has won three Canadian Comedy Awards.Their comedy special "The Christmas Letter" won a gold medal in the category of Best Comedy Special at the 2014 New York Festivals International Radio Awards and their fourth season won a bronze medal in the category of Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program at the same awards ceremony.  
 
 
Edited by Kellye, 2015-09-19 07:07:29