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A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?

by balozi 6mo ago

LastTrain 6mo ago
Yes, it is!
shagie 6mo ago
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_Says_Only_Nation_Where_This_Regularly_Happens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_... https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-onion-became-one-of-the-strongest-voices-for-gun-control/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-onion-became-one-of-th... ( https://archive.is/hEJhg https://archive.is/hEJhg ) It is growing and containing its messaging that has been going on for over a decade about gun violence. From the article: > But on the topic of gun control and gun violence, it is a political issue that Onion staffers clearly, perhaps even deeply, care about. > Joe Garden, a former Onion writer and features editor who started working at the publication in the ’90s and left in 2012, told The Daily Beast that while most of the editorial staff tended to lean reliably liberal, their political satire was governed by being “against things that we thought were stupid.” > And as mass shootings increasingly became a tragic and appalling feature of the Obama era, it also became a subject that The Onion could not avoid covering all too routinely. “As more and more shootings happened, it became something that—as an organization that comments on the news—we couldn’t not write stories about…and it kept on growing and growing and growing to the point where [the problem of gun violence] just seemed overwhelming.” > “Any mass shooting is horrible, but when they just start happening just a few months [apart], it’s mind-boggling,” Garden continued. “And it’s terrifying that so little has been done about it.” This is very much in continuing that messaging and mission in the way that they know how.
noelsusman 6mo ago
The Onion is owned by the billionaire founder of Twilio, there is no board of directors.
- cosmicgadget 6mo ago
  So you admit they don't have a half-decent board of directors! Couldn't resist.

A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?

by balozi 6mo ago

A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?

LastTrain 6mo ago

Yes, it is!

shagie 6mo ago

Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_Says_Only_Nation_Where_This_Regularly_Happens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_... https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-onion-became-one-of-the-strongest-voices-for-gun-control/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-onion-became-one-of-th... ( https://archive.is/hEJhg https://archive.is/hEJhg ) It is growing and containing its messaging that has been going on for over a decade about gun violence. From the article: > But on the topic of gun control and gun violence, it is a political issue that Onion staffers clearly, perhaps even deeply, care about. > Joe Garden, a former Onion writer and features editor who started working at the publication in the ’90s and left in 2012, told The Daily Beast that while most of the editorial staff tended to lean reliably liberal, their political satire was governed by being “against things that we thought were stupid.” > And as mass shootings increasingly became a tragic and appalling feature of the Obama era, it also became a subject that The Onion could not avoid covering all too routinely. “As more and more shootings happened, it became something that—as an organization that comments on the news—we couldn’t not write stories about…and it kept on growing and growing and growing to the point where [the problem of gun violence] just seemed overwhelming.” > “Any mass shooting is horrible, but when they just start happening just a few months [apart], it’s mind-boggling,” Garden continued. “And it’s terrifying that so little has been done about it.” This is very much in continuing that messaging and mission in the way that they know how.

noelsusman 6mo ago

The Onion is owned by the billionaire founder of Twilio, there is no board of directors.

cosmicgadget 6mo ago
So you admit they don't have a half-decent board of directors! Couldn't resist.