‘Didn’t pay real money’: Alex Jones dubs the Onion’s InfoWars purchase ‘HOAX’ in pledge to fight sale
The Onion technically was not the highest bidder.
On Nov 15, 2024 by Katherine Huggins
‘They’re going to cut the power’: Watch Alex Jones lose it as he reveals the Onion bought InfoWars
Not a joke.
On Nov 14, 2024 by Katherine Huggins
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
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
The Hard Times is perfecting punk satire
Aging punks find unexpected resonance on satire site.
On Nov 6, 2016 by Audra Schroeder
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
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
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
Anderson Cooper got duped by a ClickHole joke
CNN could use a few more fact-checkers.
On May 18, 2015 by Miles Klee
Russell Crowe infuriated by fake quote in ClickHole
The actor was *not* entertained.
On Apr 30, 2015 by Gabe Bergado
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
How to tell if a story is from a fake news site
Trust no one.
On Oct 31, 2014 by Miles Klee
No, Facebook isn’t going to start charging a monthly fee
On Sep 24, 2014 by Aaron Sankin
Could a new platform change the way we write novels?
Jonathan Franzen is going to hate this.
On Sep 24, 2014 by Miles Klee
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
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