Do you judge each article from the Onion on its merits? Because the Sun is closer to the Onion than the New York Times. I agree with what you're saying in gene

Do you judge each article from the Onion on its merits? Because the Sun is closer to the Onion than the New York Times. I agree with what you're saying in general, but if a paper makes stuff up for a living, there's absolutely nothing wrong with discounting what they say until a better source comes along.