Onion Mgo.licio.us Article
Alright, I have to admit that this one got me a bit until I noticed that it was linking to the Onion.
Pretty funny article, though, after my initial heart attack. (Yes, I know the initial fear was irrational, but it happened.)
I also like the picture they chose in the diag with the Natural Science Building and the big flag; you don't see images from that angle too often.
To me, the Onion has really been on a good run recently...
Anyone have favorites to share?
"Gillette says 'Fuck it All, We're Going to Five Blades.'"
That was from a few years back. ... Proved phophetic.
Also:
Link?
yeah, its in mgo.licio.us.
those things are generally better if you read the headline and Brian's little excerpt.
But if you don't want to scroll down there (or, uh, here depending on how you view comments) for some reason:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/university-implicated-in-checksfordegr…
I recently listened to an episode of This American Life with a segment on the writer's room at the Onion. They go through hundreds of ideas each Monday and Tuesday before deciding on the 16 they will use in that week's paper. It was interesting listening to their process of deciding what is funny, and the criteria for making it in the paper
EDIT: link, for those interested
It's not the onion, nor is it current (last updated in 2002), but my favorite fake news was satirewire.com
You can still check out the archives, though, and find some gems. Here are two of my favorites:
http://www.satirewire.com/news/feb02/warship.shtml
http://www.satirewire.com/news/march02/madness.shtml
this one always cracks me up:
http://onion.com/9CUL35
didn't even look at the URL. I read the size of the payments (10s of thousands of $) and was like... uh, that's not more than tuition. yeah, DERP!