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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Rest in peace, The Onion. You will be missed." [View all]
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/27/1211908/-The-Onion-Calls-it-Quits
Sun May 26, 2013 at 09:10 PM PDT
The Onion Calls it Quits
by The Troubadour
For nearly 25 years, The Onion has been satirizing American politics and society with unparalleled brilliance. However, the fake news publication or "America's Finest News Source" has sadly and stunningly announced that it will cease operations in 2014.
In a press release, The Onion's Editor-In-Chief, Will Tracy, explained what led to the publication's difficult decision:
The Onion has always been recognized as a first-rate satirical publication, making fun of all that is absurd in our socio-political world. However, in today's contemporary political environment, our brand has simply gotten muddled. And I can say with clarity that today's GOP is fully to blame.
It used to be that political satire was easy. All one had to do was find the absurd buried beneath the surface of a given story and employ satire to highlight that absurdity. To shine a light on it.
Now? Now you have headlines showing up in mainstream publications like "Kansas Republican Actually Opposes the Poor Buying More Food" and "Conservatives Less Likely to Buy Energy Efficient Bulbs if Labeled as Environmentally Friendly."
The absurdity of conservatives in this country has completely destroyed our business. Republicans have ruined us. Period.
New readers to The Onion can't tell anymore that we are a satirical publication. And established readers have been leaving our pages, finding greater absurdity at places like CNN and USA Today.
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The Onion will continue operations through the upcoming presidential election, with its last issue set to be published on November 6, 2014. When asked why, Shebesta answered, "What better day for a satirical news outlet to close up shop?"
Indeed.
Rest in peace, The Onion. You will be missed.
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OMG, I found that at the end of the piece. I had a sad for a moment. Praise The Root.
freshwest
May 2013
#35
... upcoming presidential election, with its last issue set to be published on November 6, 2014
Tx4obama
May 2013
#4
We should tell them Obama's running for a third term and the GOP refuses to field a candidate.
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2013
#9
Don't know if I'm crying because of this piece or because I peeled an onion. n/t
Cleita
May 2013
#11
OMG! I was just talking about this over the weekend (without reading this article)
StevieM
May 2013
#18
All is not lost. They could use all that production capability to cover real news.
BlueStreak
May 2013
#21