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I'm already looking forward to serious articles that are going to be ironically labeled as satire (obviously again misunderstood by some percentage of the popul
by jerrre 7y ago
I'm already looking forward to serious articles that are going to be ironically labeled as satire (obviously again misunderstood by some percentage of the population)
- MaysonL 7y agoAs opposed to the Onion articles which are confusingly close to actual news. [or are merely prescient]
- rjf72 7y agoFor what it's worth this is new, and intentional. In 2016 Haim Saban, Clinton's top financial supporter, purchased The Onion and immediately transitioned it to an outlet for propaganda under the guise of satire. [1] They rapidly went from running articles like 'Hillary Clinton Tries To Woo Voters By Rescinding Candidacy' [2] to "Why Don't People Like Hillary Clinton?" [3] with reasons such as suggesting in allusion to her being a woman (twice), because she's smart, or verbatim because she "Suffers from unfortunate speech impediment of sounding like a capable, self-possessed woman". [1] - https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/ha-ha-hillary-clintons-top-financial-supporter-now-controls-the-onion/ https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/ha-ha-hillary-clintons-t... [2] - https://politics.theonion.com/hillary-clinton-tries-to-woo-voters-by-rescinding-candi-1819569003 https://politics.theonion.com/hillary-clinton-tries-to-woo-v... [3] - https://politics.theonion.com/why-don-t-people-like-hillary-clinton-1819594012 https://politics.theonion.com/why-don-t-people-like-hillary-...