Local writer makes a funny about AOL’s Patch, HuffPo

The acquisition of Huffington Post by AOL (Does anyone say ‘America Online’ anymore, or is it a ‘We’re not National Public Radio we’re just NPR now’ thing?) gave Dan Haugen an idea.

Now that Huffington Post, a site that sometimes make insignificant stories look like big news, is owned by the same company that owns Patch, a network of hyper-local news sites, what if Patch adopted the design aesthetic of HuffPo? Voila! Haugen’s Fridley Patch is born, HuffPo-style.

I can’t figure out what’s being made fun of more, Patch or Huffington Post.

BTW, here’s the real Fridley Patch.

Do you read a local Patch site? You like?