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- The Onion breaks the news before anyone else, on accidentThe Onion, America’s favorite satirical news site, in a sense, outwitted itself last week when it accidentally broke a real news story — kind of. According to a Tuesday, July 21 report from The Independent, a spoof news story was...
- Onion satire on NASA's Charles Bolden and the moon has the air of truthThe Onion, the famous satirical site, zinged NASA Administrator Charles Bolden by publishing a fake story on Tuesday that he had resigned for disrespecting the moon. It was all in fun, but like most great satire it had the air of truth. Bolden has...
- The Onion moving to all-online editionsAlthough print circulation has been steadily decreasing already, come next month you won't be able to find a paper copy of The Onion anywhere. The satirical newspaper announced today that it will cease its remaining print editions and move to...
- Child Sees No Reason Why Iron Man Costume Can't Be Worn To Grandfather’s Funeral(parody) The Roger Post: "Lazy journalism masquerading as courageous journalism"The Onion is on a roll (so to speak). If you have kids or know a boy six years old or younger, this parody video from The Onion will be deeply meaningful for...
- Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story (parody)The Roger Post: "A totally new kind of repost site. Really"Another great parody from The Onion. But this one is almost the definition of parody, showing the truth while making fun of it.I have been a reporter and media writer/commentator...
- NY Space-Rockers, WHITE HILLS Release New SongScion A/V, the creative enterprise of Scion devoted to the discovery, nurture, funding and distribution of compelling music and arts programming is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is marking the milestone with the release of the free album...
- Rainn Wilson, Michael Moore cite parody Onion article on NRA, liberals dupedWealthy filmmaker Michael Moore and Rainn Wilson, an actor best known for his role in the American version of "The Office," referenced a parody article at The Onion in tweets on Wednesday, duping a number of their followers, Twitchy...
- The Onion gets "peeled"Quvenzhané Wallis looked cute as a button on the red carpet of the Academy Awards Sunday night, but satirical news site, “The Onion” went kind of far when they tweeted, then deleted, saying “ Everyone is afraid to say it but that...
- The Onion attacks Quvenzhane Wallis at Oscars on Twitter, then apologizesI had never imagined that the satirical newspaper, The Onion, had limits. I had seen the online publication attack every subject with unapologetic wit and sarcasm. Until last night I was under the impression that The Onion had no rules. That the...
- The Onion says Apple plans to rearrange the geography of the earthThe satirical news organization The Onion released a videofrom Apple's announcement to fix glitches in their widely criticized Mapp app by rearranging the Earth’s geography.An Onion news anchor said in tech news, company executives have...
- China reprints The Onion story: 'Kim Jong Un is the Sexiest Man Alive'The Onionis a satirical news site that publishes funny spoofs of news stories, not true of course. Today, November 27, 2012, China's official Communist Party newspaper's website republished a story from The Onion, not realizing it was...
- 'Sexiest Man Alive for 2012', North Korean dictator Kim Jong UnForget about Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum, drop dead gorgeous is no longer enough. Now, according to the Onion, the "Sexiest man Alive for 2012" is none other than North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un...
- The Onion's sexiest man alive Kim Jong-Un fools China's Communist partyChina's "The People's Daily" actually ran a 55-page photo spread of Kim Jong-Un hailing him as The Onion's sexiest man alive. The headline read "North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for...
- The Onion dupes Chinese state mediaFor the second time in as many months, the satirical news website The Onion fooled a state media organization. People’s Daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of China, posted a 55-image slideshow of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong...
- How Many 7-Eleven Coffees Does It Take to Elect a President?While the caffeine research industry is laden with methodical and logical studies, why not throw in a little non-scientific report in the mix?The 2012 presidential election is the topic on everyone’s mind, and 7-Eleven, partnered with The...
