Actual Newspaper Story or Onion Headline?

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Oct 9, 2009 at 10:44 am

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Anyone who reads The Weird Week in Review at mental floss knows that news stories can be hard to believe. Anyone who reads The Onion knows that fake news can highlight real issues. In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you are challenged to distinguish actual news stories from the stuff that The Onion makes up. It’s not so easy! Luckily, I have posted just about all these stories on one site or another, so I scored 100%. Link

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JMM
Oct 9th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I had one of those moments this morning!
OddNumber
Oct 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
That is exactly what I was just thinking…
RonMoses
Oct 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Wow, I guess I’ve gotta call thirdsies, then.

(For those who might read this in future weeks and not know what we’re talking about, I believe we’re all talking about waking up this morning and discovering that, beyond all normal comprehension, Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. My very first thought was that the Onion had once again been taken for a legitimate news outlet.)
Josh4man
Oct 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Sometimes I’ll see an item in The Onion’s RSS feed and think “haha, that’s funny.” Then I’ll open it and realize that it’s a poll or something based on a real headline. For example, the guy that wanted there to be Christian Salt to counterbalance Kosher Salt.
Gail Pink
Oct 9th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
That was fun!
Ant Dude
Oct 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
“Score: 17% (2 out of 12).”
Sean D. Freuduh
Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
11 out of 12. Not too shabby…

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