Martha Makes the News

Martha Makes the News is the twelfth episode of season 1.

Synopsis
Sick of fake news, Martha buys out every news outlet in the U.S. and creates Martha Incorporated, a news company based in the Lorraine family basement.

Plot
Now that Martha is the president, she finds that it is much easier to make people do what she wants. Fake news is out of control in the U.S., and much of it is very biased, and makes nasty comments about Martha because she is not only female, but a dog, and is doubted to be successful as the leader of the country. Martha has had enough with the news, and decides to buy out every news outlet with the money she has laundered. All the people who had worked in the news industry prior to the buy-out are given jobs at libraries shelving books, since there is always a shortage of labor in that area. Martha forces Helen to help her write a newspaper of her own, and Helen recruits all of her friends to join the team. Based in the Lorraine family basement, Martha Incorporated creates the finest news of the millennia. Additionally, Martha can incorporate propaganda that portrays cats as evil, baths as materialistic, and shoes for the weak-footed. Martha Incorporated is a great success, until the Lorraine household is stormed by armed cat enthusiasts who want Martha to end her newspaper. Martha refuses to give in, but when cats begin being thrown at her, she appeals to the cat enthusiasts. Gradually news companies appear again, and Martha Incorporated is forgotten.