Last week, The Onion ran a wonderfully fictitious article by “Fred Hammond, Director of Digital Video and Social-Media Ad Integration, Tide Detergent.” Onion, you had me at hello. The desperately hipster editorial promotes his own low-involvement brand, and all of the cool (yet faux) social-media programs that try to engage Tide customers. Clearly Fred has read…
Tom Hanks isn’t alone in his plea for a Pulitzer for The Onion. See the rest on the AfakpOnline channel. Affiliated with Afajp? We can’t be sure. But it must be real because The Onion is reporting on it. We’re inclined to agree, considering The Onion was first (in 1996) to predict the demise of…
In imagining future “always broadcasting” scenarios, I could have not conceived such a hysterical one. The Onion (have I mentioned it’s the best written comedy evah?) reports on police changing the cause ruling of a NYU dorm fire… “after examining the evidence from 25 iPhones, 15 blackberries, 10 video cameras and 40 digital cameras obtained…
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
This is fantastic, and worth waiting for the climax (as well as the teaser for future news at the end). The Onion reigns supreme.
This report by The Onion is a wonderful news satire of how careful Obama was to respect McCain during the debates, while McCain avoided all eye contact with him. This is one of the few Onion video clips that gets better as it progresses. If anyone knows someone at The Onion, please let ’em know…