No, nothing about political bias here, or showing videos of enemy snipers shooting American soldiers, which I found indefensible and thoroughly repulsive. Today I’m talking about The Onion.
The Onion is the site I would choose if I were only allowed to visit one site the rest of my life. I don’t think I’ve ever read an issue without laughing out loud at least once, and I’m in awe of its consistent quality.
CNN.com is now running a story from The Onion every week, which seems strange to me to begin with. But check out the disclaimer appearing at the beginning of every story:
Editor’s note: This may look like a real news story, but it’s NOT. It is from the The Onion, a humor publication that calls itself “America’s finest news source.” CNN may beg to differ, but we do enjoy a good laugh, and hope you will enjoy a weekly selection of their satire.
Also, the link to the story always starts with “Satire,” and there’s a large SATIRE watermark on the story.
Ugh. A large part of The Onion’s appeal is its absolutely straight delivery. Disclaiming the hell out of it ruins it, and that they’ve apparently found it necessary says something less than complimentary about those sending the thousands of complaints they must have received initially. (I’m pretty sure all of this wasn’t attached to these things when the feature first appeared several weeks ago.) Further, it’s moronic to keep doing it week after week if all of that crap hanging off it is really necessary.
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