The Onion was doing fake news just for kicks back before it was cool, and their irreverent brand of satirical reporting is so sensational people often share their stories on Facebook as if they're true.
Now it may seem like more fake news is the last thing we need right now, but think about it this way- if fire is best fought with fire then fake news should be fought with even faker news.
And nobody fakes harder than The Onion.
They broke some amazing news stories in 2016, blowing the lid off Mike Pence's battle against climate change, John Kerry's incredibly exciting briefcase adventures, and the Joe Biden scandal that rocked the DNC parking lot.
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Sometimes it's quite hilarious. Other times, they are so metaphorically close to the truth that it hurts. The fact that people will swallow these stories as literal news is just sad.
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The Onion needs to be outlawed. Besides not being funny, or entertaining, there are too many people who will actually believe this kind of BS.
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