Is it a Simulation? Or is it Real?

As the Scratch community has grown, more and more Scratch projects are about the community itself. This project, called SNN for Scratch News Network (based on CNN), provides news about the latest developments in the Scratch online community.

When I first saw this project, I thought it as a nice simulation of a newscast. But as I thought about it, I realized it was a real newscast, not a simulation, providing information of interest to a real community -- the Scratch online community. The SNN project inspired others, leading to a proliferation of online newsletters, magazines, and TV shows, all programmed in Scratch, reporting on the Scratch community.