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The Onion had a story up about Gorbachev when he died recently: “Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Who Took Down Iron Curtain, Dead At 91” Nothing satirical abo
by hjkl0 4y ago
The Onion had a story up about Gorbachev when he died recently: “Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Who Took Down Iron Curtain, Dead At 91”
Nothing satirical about it (as far as I can tell), and there were plenty of other stories about this shared on Hacker News, but this one still counts as satire in the game because it was on the Onion.
- pxc 4y agoThat piece ( https://www.theonion.com/mikhael-gorbachev-last-soviet-leader-who-took-down-iro-1849486759 https://www.theonion.com/mikhael-gorbachev-last-soviet-leade... ) is definitely satire. It's one of their fake reactions/public comments pieces, where fictitious people give funny reactions to real events. The first one in the piece is a gag about Gorbachev's infamous Pizza Hut commercial. The Onion does those regularly, and their format doesn't really work for the OP since their headlines are straight and factual.