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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Monkey Dust]]'s'' Paedofinder General sketch is a parody of this.

''"By the power invested in me by some bloke I met in a pub, who knew for definite, I find your sort GUILTY of PAEDOPHILIA!"'' }}

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Homer was accused of sexual harassment. The entire ''country'' decided he was guilty, based on nothing more than hearsay and an extremely biased - and clearly fake - news segment. The episode was meant as a satire of the current state of the media - which, sadly, hasn't improved since the episode first aired (in 1994!). The quote of the top of this page is from that episode.