The Washington Post has erroneously reported that Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and former Fox News contributor, is joining the Qatari-owned news network Al Jazeera.

What’s more, Barkeley likes to think his site tackles larger issues. He said he came up with the idea to start the site after he read “a hit piece on a hypothetical 12-year old” in The Onion “I read that article and as soon as I read that article, I said, ‘now wait a minute, I think I can do better than this,” he said.

The site has taken on liberals who Barkeley views as extremists, as well as conservatives he views that way. A sampling of recent headlines from The Daily Currant demonstrates he’s an equal opportunity offender: