Friday, November 21, 2008

Peeling The Onion

"The rise of the parodic industry poses new riddles for media observers: In years to come, will America's faux news prove a more enduring enterprise than the news itself? What might it mean for our nation that joke news could outlast the institutions it ridicules? 'Speaking as a citizen of America, it's a little terrifying that real news is crashing while fake news is growing,' said Chet Clem, the Onion's editorial manager. 'It's scary. You wonder where people are going to get their facts.'"

Wells Tower in The Washington Post investigates America's "leading satirical newspaper."

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