def _create_news(self, user=None, save=True, in_the_past=False):
if not user:
user = self._create_user().add_to_managers()
if in_the_past:
original_datetime = datetime.date
datetime.date = MockToday
news = News(title="Some random title", content="And some random content", writer=user)
if save:
news.save()
else:
news.full_clean()
if in_the_past:
datetime.date = original_datetime
return news
