The Onion Once Again Mistaken For Reality
The Onion is a satirical newspaper that is occasionally mistaken for a real news source. (Even by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, as can be seen at the bottom of the linked page.) Here recently they’ve been celebrating their tenth year online by re-running their favorite stories from each year on their front page. One article they re-ran was 1999’s I’m Totally Psyched About This Abortion!
Wouldn’t you know it, but a blogger by the handle of “Pete” thought the article was real and railed against it in the anti-abortion blog March Together For Life. When plenty of people on both sides of the abortion issue pointed out that he’d been duped by The Onion…well, let’s just say that his retraction was even funnier.
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Comment by LB
That article was so hilarious! Wow. I love The Onion.
Posted on July 11, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Comment by jess
Oh my, I hadn’t seen the follow-up article… this is hilarious.
[You really are a true voice of neo-conservatism and republicanism. Please continue, it can only help.]
The sad thing is, he’ll totally be encouraged by that, and quote it when he feels wronged.
Posted on July 11, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Comment by Joyous
Wow, I just read the original Onion article, and I’m just…floored. Who could take this seriously?
Posted on July 11, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Comment by Geof F. Morris
Gosh. We zealots will grasp at any straws to make our point, won’t we? [See, I'm not in denial.]
Posted on July 11, 2006 at 6:56 pm