claim: Scream 2 was written by Barack Obama.
evidence: Stuff White People Like -LRB- sometimes known by the initialism SWPL -RRB- is a blog that takes a satirical aim at the interests of North American `` left-leaning , city-dwelling , white people '' .. blog. blog. satirical. Satire. North American. North American. left. left-wing politics. city-dwelling. city-dwelling. white people. white people. The blog was created in January 2008 by a white Canadian , Christian Lander , a Los Angeles copywriter who grew up in Toronto and graduated from McGill University in Montreal .. Toronto. Toronto. blog. blog. Canadian. Canadian. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. McGill University. McGill University. Lander co-authored the site with his Filipino Canadian friend Myles Valentin , after Valentin teased Lander for watching the HBO television series The Wire .. Canadian. Canadian. Filipino Canadian. Filipino Canadian. HBO. HBO. The Wire. The Wire. Lander 's blog became popular very quickly , registering over 300,000 daily hits and over 40 million total hits by the end of September 2008 .. blog. blog. Although the blog `` has spurred an outpouring from those who view it as offensive and racist '' , it is not about the interests of all white people , but rather a stereotype of affluent , environmentally and socially conscious , anti-corporate white North Americans , who typically hold a degree in the liberal arts .. blog. blog. white people. white people. liberal arts. liberal arts. Lander claims to be lampooning contemporary versions of bohemian / hipster culture , and jokingly refers to other classes and subcultures of white people as `` the wrong kind of white people '' .. white people. white people. bohemian. bohemian. hipster. Hipster ( contemporary subculture ). classes. Social class. Despite the site 's satirical edge , Lander regards the people he describes with affection and numbers himself among them , describing himself as `` a self-aware , left-wing person who 's not afraid to recognize the selfishness and contradictions that come on the left . ''. satirical. Satire. left. left-wing politics. selfishness. selfishness. The initialism `` SWPL '' has been adopted in some circles as a -LRB- usually pejorative -RRB- shorthand term for the type of people depicted on the blog .. blog. blog. pejorative. pejorative. A book -LRB- Stuff White People Like  : A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions -RRB- was released on July 1 , 2008 .. Lander is listed as the sole author of the book , although some of its content comes from the blog posts written by Valentin .. blog. blog. The book remained on The New York Times bestseller list for months .. Lander was reportedly given a $ 300,000 advance by Random House , the book 's publisher .. Random House. Random House. He released a sequel -LRB- Whiter Shades of Pale  : The Stuff White People Like , Coast to Coast from Seattle 's Sweaters to Maine 's Microbrews -RRB- on November 23 , 2010 .