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  1. real news
    The Onion Won the Battle for InfowarsWith support from the families of Sandy Hook massacre victims.
    By Justin Curto
  2. underrated
    It’s Never Too Late to Step Inside the Onion’s Sex HouseRevisiting the brilliant 2012 web series with comedy writer Jen Spyra.
    By Ian Goldstein
  3. podcasts
    The Onion Will Launch a Daily News Podcast This MonthThe Topical debuts on January 29.
    By Megh Wright
  4. clickhole
    The Garbage Man SpeaksNearly five years later, the writer of one of ClickHole’s greatest hits reveals himself.
    By Megh Wright
  5. obit
    Al Feldstein and the Furshlugginer Greatness of Mad MagazineAn assessment of Mad’s place in the culture, as the magazine goes off to its final Fold-in.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  6. satire
    That Long-Promised Elon Musk Comedy Site Is Finally Live. So How Is It?Remember when Elon Musk teamed up with some Onion writers to launch a new comedy project? Well, it’s here.
    By Brian Boone
  7. Absolutely Beautiful: Former ClickHole Contributors Reveal ThemselvesA rare peek behind the ClickHole curtain.
    By Megh Wright
  8. shots fired
    The Onion Declares War on Mark Zuckerberg and FacebookNow this is the good stuff.
    By Megh Wright
  9. Inside The Onion, ClickHole, and The A.V. Club’s Vote to Unionize“The more publications we can get unionized right now, the better off the whole industry is going to be.”
    By Megh Wright
  10. Elon Musk vs. ‘The Onion’Earlier this week, The Daily Beast reported that longtime Onion fan Elon Musk backed out of buying the website in 2014 and recently poached […]
    By Megh Wright
  11. Elon Musk Has Hired Several Former ‘Onion’ Writers for a Mysterious New […]Elon Musk is getting into the comedy game with a mysterious new venture. The Daily Beast is reporting that Musk hired former Onion […]
    By Megh Wright
  12. ‘The Onion’ to Celebrate Its 30th Anniversary with a Festival Featuring […]The Onion is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big comedy and arts festival this year. Set to take place in various Chicago venues from […]
    By Megh Wright
  13. ‘The Onion’s ‘A Very Fatal Murder’ Is a Sly, Pitch-Perfect Parody of Crime […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Crime podcasts like Serial are […]
    By Nathan Rabin
  14. The Onion’s New Podcast Is a Loony True-Crime ParodyA Very Fatal Murder is no American Vandal, but it’s genuinely entertaining.
    By Nicholas Quah
  15. ‘PatriotHole’: How the Fake News Makes Fun of Fake NewsDoug Baxter is close to figuring out what the Clinton Foundation is really up to. He’s still connecting the dots, but so far it seems that the […]
    By John Schneider
  16. ‘The Onion’ Just Released Hundreds of “Classified Documents” from the […]The Trump pee tape might not be out there yet, but if you’re hoping for some bombshell Trump document leaks in the near future, The Onion just […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. ‘The Onion’ Will Provide Live Commentary of Trump’s Address to Congress on […]Donald Trump makes his first presidential address to Congress tomorrow night, and The Onion will be going live on Fusion to cover it. Fusion […]
    By Megh Wright
  18. ‘The Onion’ Signs a Three-Movie Development Deal with LionsgateThe Onion is headed to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Onion has signed a deal with Lionsgate to develop three films […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. ‘The Onion Presents: The Iconic Images of Election 2016’ Airs on Fusion […]Fusion and The Onion have teamed up for their first television special. The network announced today that The Onion Presents: The Iconic Images […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. Check Out ‘The Onion’s New Web Series, ‘Sportology’The Onion has just unveiled its newest web series, a four-part look at the world of athletics called Sportology. Here’s the synopsis:The […]
    By Adam Frucci
  21. ‘The Onion’ Will Broadcast Live RNC Coverage Online This WeekBetween The Daily Show, The Late Show, Full Frontal, and Late Night, there’s already tons of special convention coverage in store for the next […]
    By Megh Wright
  22. ‘The Onion’s Celebrity Gossip Parody Site ‘StarWipe’ Shuts Down TodayThe Onion’s newest parody site says goodbye today. According to editor Sean O’Neal, StarWipe – which launched back in September – will be no […]
    By Megh Wright
  23. An Excerpt from ‘Trump’s America: The Complete Loser’s Guide,’ by Scott […]Here’s a really, really classy taste of Trump’s America: The Complete Loser’s Guide, the new book by Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion. You […]
    By Brian Boone
  24. ‘The Onion’s Celebrity Gossip Site ‘StarWipe’ Launches TodayMove over, ClickHole and EDGEtv, because The Onion just added a brand new website. Called StarWipe, the site is a parody of trashy celebrity […]
    By Megh Wright
  25. ‘The Onion’s ‘EDGE’ Explores a Big Mysterious Hole in the GroundHere’s the second episode of The Onion’s VICE parody series EDGE featuring correspondent Nic Moss, who is sent to a “big hole in the ground” at […]
    By Megh Wright
  26. Here’s the First Episode of ‘The Onion’s ‘VICE’ Parody Series ‘EDGE’ The Onion is back with a brand new web series this week called EDGE, which takes on VICE by being the lone brave news outlet willing to […]
    By Megh Wright
  27. ‘The Onion’ Has a ‘VICE’ Parody in the Works Called ‘EDGE’The Onion has a new web series in the works with VICE’s HBO series as their target. According to THR, The Onion is set to debut a new VICE […]
    By Megh Wright
  28. Go Inside a Typical Day at the Office with the ‘ClickHole’ WritersIt’s been a year since The Onion launched its new Buzzfeed parody website ClickHole, and to mark its one-year anniversary, Slate visited the […]
    By Megh Wright
  29. Cracking the Comedy Code with ‘Onion’ Founding Editor Scott DikkersAfter Scott Dikkers added me on Skype for our interview, a notification came up that it was his birthday. Considering I was interviewing him on […]
    By Jason Nawara
  30. ‘The A.V. Club’ Announces the Second Annual 26th Annual Comedy FestivalFor the second year in a row, The Onion and The A.V. Club are teaming up for the “26th Annual Comedy Festival” in Chicago, and today they […]
    By Megh Wright
  31. ‘The Onion’ Responds to the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Terrorist AttackThe Onion has responded to today’s tragic terrorist attack at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo with a new article titled […]
    By Megh Wright
  32. Former ‘Onion’ Editor on the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attack: ‘We Cannot Police Our […]“They cannot kill everyone who disagrees with them. There are not enough bullets in the world for that. The most responsible thing we can do is […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. No Joke, ‘BuzzFeed’ Just Hired ‘Clickhole’ Editor Daniel KibblesmithToday’s most bizarre news item comes courtesy of Poynter, and it reads like an Onion headline: An editor from The Onion’s BuzzFeed/Upworthy […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. ‘The Onion,’ ‘The A.V. Club,’ and ‘Clickhole’ Are Prepping for a SaleFunny or Die isn’t the only comedy site considering a big sale this week. Bloomberg reports today that Onion Inc. – owner of pop culture and […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. Facebook Is Testing a ‘Satire’ Tag So Dumb People Will Stop Getting Fooled […]Within the past few weeks, Facebook has been rolling out a new feature that tags links from The Onion with a “[Satire]” warning, effectively […]
    By Megh Wright
  36. ‘The Onion’ Debuts a Vulgar New Web Series Parodying ‘The NY Times’ […] Today, The Onion launched a new web series called Who’s Fucking?, a parody of The New York Times’s wedding announcement column, “Vows,” in […]
    By Bradford Evans
  37. Inside ‘The Onion’s New Click-Bait Parody, ClickHole.comClickHole.com, The Onion’s new standalone site, debuts today. It’s an exciting project months in the making, managed by ClickHole […]
    By Emma Soren
  38. ‘The Onion’ to Parody Buzzfeed and Upworthy with New Site Clickhole.comBuzzfeed and Upworthy are about to be the butt of a bunch of gags by The Onion. According to an announcement made by Onion News Network host […]
    By Megh Wright
  39. The Onion and The A.V. Club Are Planning ‘The 1st Annual 26th Annual […]After running for five years, the festival Just For Laughs Chicago is taking 2014 off, but The Onion and The A.V. Club are swooping in with […]
    By Bradford Evans
  40. Talking to ‘The Onion’s New Editor, Cole BoltonIt’s a story as old as time itself: man dislikes his job, decides to pursue a career in comedy, sends a bunch of unsolicited work into The […]
    By Jeremy Popkin
  41. ‘The Onion’ Reports on the Death of Beloved ‘SNL’ Character ‘Seth Meyers’ Here’s a sponsored video The Onion made for Late Night with Seth Meyers, in which they cover the recent SNL plot twist that killed off beloved […]
    By Bradford Evans
  42. ‘The Onion’s Film Critic Is Back with a Serious Complaint About ‘E.T.’ The Onion’s movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal has filed another review, this time eviscerating Steven Spielberg’s classic E.T. for not […]
    By Bradford Evans
  43. Here’s an Infomercial for a Fake College Written by Ex-’Onion’ Writers […] Adult Swim has been quietly airing this fake infomercial for “For-Profit Online University” all this week at 4am. FPOU is a one-off special […]
    By Bradford Evans
  44. People Think ‘The Onion’s Report on NYPD’s Stop and Kiss Program Is […] An Onion video released Tuesday about a fake NYPD “stop-and-kiss” policy, “which allows officers to kiss anyone who they think looks […]
    By Bradford Evans
  45. team gale
    Video: Watch The Onion’s Review of Catching FireThey have a point.
    By Lindsey Weber
  46. Satire Is Hard: Why Most ‘Onion’ Ripoffs Don’t WorkWorking as an editor for my college’s satirical newspaper, I learned one unassailable fact: we would never be as funny as The Onion. As proud […]
    By Matt Crowley
  47. ‘The Onion’ Is Ending Its Print Publication EntirelyThe Onion will stop publishing its last few print publications this December. Crain’s Chicago Business reports that the newspaper version of […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  48. ‘The Onion’ Has a Great Piece Mocking Billboards for ‘Seinfeld’ RerunsIt’s strange that there are so many billboards for Seinfeld syndicated airings in big cities in 2013, and The Onion has a great article about […]
    By Bradford Evans
  49. ‘The Onion’ Turns 25 This WeekFake news juggernaut The Onion turned 25 yesterday. It was 1988 when two college students started the publication as a print newspaper. Now, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  50. ‘The Onion’ Nails ‘The Internship,’ ‘The Biggest Comedy of 2005’ Here’s a spot-on video from The Onion about this weekend’s Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson tech industry buddy comedy The Internship, which despite […]
    By Bradford Evans
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