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The Onion - poking fun at reality with fake news broadcasts
By:
Special K
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 400,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old. Since 2007, the organization has been publishing satirical news audios and videos online, as the "Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to some 7.5 million unique visitors per month. Here are some Onion News Broadcasts - Enjoy... Democrats: Obama Has Dicked Us Around For Four Years, Now It's Our Turn - While most Democrats plan to vote for Obama in November, they continue to tell pollsters they're "undecided" just for the fun of messing with the president's head:
Report: Every Potential 2040 President Already Unelectable Due To Facebook - A troubling report finds that by 2040 every presidential candidate will be unelectable to political office due to their embarrassing Facebook posts:
Eric Cantor Tossed By Bucking Mitch McConnell During Congressional Rodeo - A local man is proud he can still fit into his car from high school, "Stray To Be Destroyed" tops the list of cat names for the 24th straight year, and a Pekingese is really letting itself go since winning Westminster. It's the week of April 16th, 2012:
Newsroom : Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere - Excruciating up-to-the-minute coverage of some irrelevant bullshit story that has no ramifications whatsoever:
In The Know: Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don't Give A Shit? - Panelists discuss the many ways in which our educational system caters to students who try, care, are awake.
Embarrassing Bounced Check From Greece Taped Up In IMF Headquarters -The Vatican dispatches an elite team of bishops to sabotage contraceptive manufacturer Pfizer, an embarassing bounced check from Greece is taped up in the IMF headquarters, and Chris Kattan wonders whether he should start a podcast. It's the week of March 5th, 2012.
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