[thechat] The Onion Accidentally Strays into Real Journalism

[dave mclean]

On 2002.02.20 08:40, martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com wrote:

> Hey, did someone swap the DNS configs for TheOnion and
> news.bbc.co.uk ?
>
> It must be *really* tough for satire writers at the moment when
> the real news keeps topping their efforts.

That's just it though.  They're satirising the public of the United States
of America.  They're satirising apathy.  It's very high-brow of the Onion to
do something like this.

-d

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