TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days agoSatire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook familiesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1168file-textcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.onlinepoliticalhumor@lemmy.worldusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1168external-linkSatire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook familiesapnews.comTrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.onlinepoliticalhumor@lemmy.worldusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.world
minus-squareGommunismVillVin [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·12 days ago The Onion, a satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd, Someone at AP is having a hard time concealing their hatred of the Onion or doesn’t grasp the concept of satire
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·12 days agoI actually read that line as being in the spirit of an Onion article itself. Something like “Executives at The Onion admit entire contents of site to be patently absurd nonsense, according to exclusive investigative report by The Onion.”
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·12 days agoI think someone at AP is jealous.
Someone at AP is having a hard time concealing their hatred of the Onion or doesn’t grasp the concept of satire
I actually read that line as being in the spirit of an Onion article itself. Something like “Executives at The Onion admit entire contents of site to be patently absurd nonsense, according to exclusive investigative report by The Onion.”
I think someone at AP is jealous.