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By Dennis O'Driscoll
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By Fyodor M. Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett (Translator)
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The Onion has a little fun at the expense of CNN’s situational anchor and his “colorless monotone.”
Posted on Jul 14, 2010
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The twisted minds at The Onion have foisted yet another satirical gem on an unsuspecting public, in the form of this clever little number skewering relationship advice books and their media-whoring authors.
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Opponents of gay marriage say they want to protect the sanctity of the institution, but what if marriage were limited to people who love each other? The Onion has this satirical take on the marriage brouhaha.
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Computer security experts have identified a malicious virus that steals your credit card information and orders Mario Batali kitchenware, usually after 2 in the morning. Either that or you were just drunk. Here’s the full story from the satire masters at The Onion.
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The president needs to start making some remarks off the cuff, because he’s leaving himself wide open for this sort of parody. And no, while it bears a resemblance to Fox News, this is not real.
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“Lost” producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse guest star in this Onion clip, joking that the show’s fans are about to get more annoying than ever, driving their roommates and loved ones into emergency “Lost” shelters to escape amateur theories about parallel dimensions.
Posted on Jan 20, 2010
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The carnage taking place in the Congo has escaped media attention in the U.S.—but not in The Onion, which produced this satirical Congolese news report on the Congo’s version of a stimulus package.
Posted on Jan 7, 2010
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VH1 viewers might be momentarily fooled by this satirical Onion clip, which pokes fun at the cable network’s habit of producing low-brow television shows built around the antics of drunk, sexed-up lady folk. A bit nasty, but then so is the material that inspired it.
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It’s feminists versus animal lovers in this Onion advocacy sendup.
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The Onion takes America’s prejudiced justice system to its logical, if absurd, extreme.
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With dark times on the horizon, the Onion’s “In the Know” panel takes a satirical stab at whether violent video games are “adequately preparing children for the apocalypse.”
Posted on Mar 2, 2009
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The Onion takes a satirical look at the effect a spam crackdown could have on a struggling nation that depends on “free iPod” exports.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009
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For everyone forced by the global economic meltdown to pinch pennies, the Onion has this friendly reminder that consumption isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Warning: This clip has an abundance of salty language.
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The Onion pokes fun at facing the rigors of the “Larry King Live” interview with this tour of NASA’s Larry King training facility.
Posted on Dec 3, 2008
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The Onion has the skinny on “Scooter” Libby’s backdoor pardon.
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Here’s one way to liven up the political process.
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The Onion has envisioned a way to make America’s march toward obesity more efficient.
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The Onion puts a new spin on an old tradition with this satirical news brief.
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The Onion pokes fun at the nonsense issues, costume pageantry and theatrical pandering that have taken over the American electoral process.
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The Onion targets religious hypocrisy with this satirical interview with the head of a mock Christian charity that provides relief to heterosexual Africans: “As long as you’re not gay, we welcome you with open arms.”
Posted on Nov 1, 2007
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Surely TV news pundits are influential in shaping public opinion, but do they really know anything? The Onion satirizes expert opinion by asking about the situation in Nigeria, as opposed to, say, Hillary’s neckline.
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This fake news report from The Onion envisions a solution for busy, cost-conscious parents: Just ship your kids overseas and get day care for pennies on the dollar. There’s something unnaturally cute and funny about the mom in this clip preparing her child for shipment.
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The Onion pokes fun at the sometimes ridiculous abortion debate by floating an absurd proposal: fetal consent.
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This parody from the Onion challenges the assumption that 24 hours of news coverage, satellite uplinks and bold graphics actually keep us more informed.
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From The Onion
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The proprietor of a pro-life blog railed with righteous indignation against a column from The Onion titled “I’m Totally Psyched About This Abortion!” Apparently lines from the column like “I seriously cannot wait for all the hemorrhaging and the uterine contractions” didn’t tip the blogger off to the column’s satirical intent—and he has since become the laughingstock of the blogosphere.
(Salon article; reg. req’d)
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The Onion reports on an “unpaid 15-minute break during the regular 18-hour workday, to allow pregnant women to ‘expel the child from their body, adjust to being a new parent, wash their hands, and return to work.’ ”
Posted on May 29, 2006
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