"Journalists Still Don’t Know How to React"

"Given all of this, Tracy feels the Onion wasn’t out of line. 'Satire has to be allowed to push these buttons and replicate that which it condemns—that’s literally its definition,' he writes. 'The Onion’s missteps tend to come not when it’s overly offensive but when its offensiveness doesn’t serve any redeeming social value. By cleverly casting the racist name of the Washington team in a new light, it did provide a great service to its readers, who hopefully include Daniel Snyder.'"

Prachi Gupta in Salon discusses a controversial article from The Onion.