The Onion

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The fight for Alex Jones' Infowars company heats up as Jones sues to hold on

8:04pm November 19, 2024

The Onion thought it had the last laugh when it was named the winning bidder after last week's bankruptcy auction. Now, Jones says that bid was "fake dollars" and wants a judge to disqualify it

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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company

9:18am November 14, 2024

The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.

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The Onion head writer Mike Gillis submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. He says he hopes it will convince the court to take up an Ohio man's First Amendment case while educating the broader public.

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The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

5:29pm October 04, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

On Wednesday, The Onion's website was plastered with variations of the satirical piece it's republished after more than 20 mass shootings.

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'The Onion' has republished a grim headline about mass shootings 21 times since 2014

3:00pm May 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The satirical news site publishes modified versions of the article after major mass shootings, always with the same headline: "No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens."

A windmill outside Swanton, Neb., sets an idyllic scene. The satirical podcast A Very Fatal Murder is set in the fictional small town of Bluff Springs, Neb.

Arts

True Crime, Fake Homicide: The Onion's 'A Very Fatal Murder' Podcast

6:15pm April 05, 2018

by Audie Cornish

A postindustrial small town in Nebraska. A young girl killed. A New York host who is "kind of a sociopath." It's all in the satirical news agency's take on serial audio storytelling.

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Will Smith entering the 102nd White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, April 30th in Washington, D.C.

Every Party But The Real One: A Night Chasing The #WHCD

7:23pm May 01, 2016

by Sam Sanders

Washington's biggest night has gotten big because of all the parties happening around the main event. A weekend of nerd prom excess could be seen as D.C. at its worst, or D.C. at its best.

Arts

'The Onion's' Scott Dikkers Would Have Written A Funnier Headline

12:42pm February 24, 2016

by Sean Bueter

The saying goes that “dying is easy; comedy is hard.” But humorist Scott Dikkers makes writing satire look effortless.

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Editors and writers with The Onion work on elections copy in October 2008 during a drafts meeting at the website's offices, then in New York.

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Area Satirical Publication The Onion Sold To Univision (Seriously)

11:39am January 19, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The Spanish-language network gets a 40 percent, controlling stake in The Onion and related sites, including The A.V. Club and Clickhole. The move comes as Univision tries to reach more millennials.

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Former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner cites The Onion in his defense. Warner was one of 14 FIFA executives indicted last week on corruption charges.

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'The Onion' Strikes Again: Indicted Ex-FIFA Exec Quotes Satirical Article

4:28pm June 01, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Jack Warner's defense was presumably unintentional. He is one of 14 FIFA executives indicted by the U.S. last week on corruption charges.