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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

The Onion should pivot to actual news, since traditional media has embraced lies and absurdity.

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The Onion should pivot to actual news, since traditional media has embraced lies and absurdity.

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    TheOnion should buy Infowars.com and start posting real news.

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      Info about wars only?

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        With attitude and public shaming!

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      And they did The Onion Buys Infowars

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        Mad Lads! Amazing!!

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        how tf…?

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    Welcome to 2016.

    . . . Wait

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      Harambe was keeping us from the brink of annihilation

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        He was this timeline’s Anchor Being. Now we’re doomed.

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        Bowie.

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    They should have a section “not the onion”

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    Reminds me of /r/animetitties from the Reddit days.

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      what was the story with that?

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        I don’t recall exactly but this is the gist that I remember from a /r/subredditdrama post I read over a year ago

        “Real news” sub reddits let porn, nsfw content, onlyfans and whatnot on them because they were not actively or thoroughly moderated. Some users were upset,To emphasize their point started posting nsfw anime pictures.

        Someone decided they had enough and broke off into their own sub reddit that has actual news and it was called /r/animetitties or something.

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          ah okay thanks for explaining. sounds like it might have also been similar to the r/trees and r/marijuanaenthusiasts thing.

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      not as good as it used to be, still the best news sub on that shit site.

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    They really could start publishing real news stories and no one would know the difference

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    I saw a recent article that’d be great for their first

    https://reason.com/2024/11/11/mom-jailed-for-letting-10-year-old-walk-alone-to-town/

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    They could call it the nonion

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    There should be a game that lets people guess if a news story is an Onion article or not.

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    Even in the current form it’s more substantial than the fox news.

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      Astronaut, gun, Astronaut

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      Most “real” news outlets too.

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    They kinda did, but it was an accident.

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    They did have a look at the major news outlets and the daily show a while back so.

    https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/survey-nprs-listeners-best-informed-fox-news-viewers-worst-informed/

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    Well they did just buy infowars…

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html

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