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the onion

'Onion' Article About Taylor Swift's Face Tattoo Spurs Epic Twitter Thread

People thought this ‘Onion’ article about Taylor Swift getting a face tattoo was real

Repeat after me: 'The Onion' is satire.

On Apr 26, 2018 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer retweets embarrassing ‘Onion’ video about himself

Is Spicer in on the joke?

On Jan 30, 2017 by David Covucci

Internet Culture

The Hard Times is perfecting punk satire

Aging punks find unexpected resonance on satire site.

On Nov 6, 2016 by Audra Schroeder

Streaming

How an Internet comedy legend coded a program to make humans laugh

Can a machine have a sense of humor?

On Apr 14, 2016 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture

IFC offers look at Vice-parodying ‘Documentary Now!’ episode

'The poverty you are about to see may be disturbing to your first-world sensibilities.'

On Aug 10, 2015 by Audra Schroeder

Streaming

Ex-FIFA official arrested by U.S. digs himself deeper by citing ‘Onion’ article

He fell for a parody news article making fun of his own corruption case. Ouch.

On Jun 1, 2015 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Internet Culture

Anderson Cooper got duped by a ClickHole joke

CNN could use a few more fact-checkers.

On May 18, 2015 by Miles Klee

Internet Culture

Russell Crowe infuriated by fake quote in ClickHole

The actor was *not* entertained.

On Apr 30, 2015 by Gabe Bergado

Internet Culture

Bill de Blasio turned an Onion article into an impromptu post-storm performance

He should quote the Onion version of himself more often.

On Jan 28, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

Tech

How to tell if a story is from a fake news site

Trust no one.

On Oct 31, 2014 by Miles Klee

Internet Culture

No, Facebook isn’t going to start charging a monthly fee

Trust no one.

On Sep 24, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Business Tech

Could a new platform change the way we write novels?

Jonathan Franzen is going to hate this.

On Sep 24, 2014 by Miles Klee

Tech

8 moments when North Korea was weirder than the Onion

You can't make this stuff up (unless you're Kim Jong-un).

On Aug 22, 2014 by Miles Klee

Tech

Facebook’s ‘satire’ tag will make you stupid

Not being in on a joke sucks. But you know what sucks worse? Listening to someone try to explain that joke.

On Aug 19, 2014 by [email protected]

Internet Culture Via

Facebook thinks you don’t know what satire is, will show you

Who are these people? 

On Aug 17, 2014 by Audra Schroeder

Tech

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