The Onion presents the formula for bullshit stories

A few weeks ago, I posted on a terrific video on a tried-and-true formula, "A Standard News Report," used by television "news" stations to package non-stories in order to present them to the public as "news." Now, The Onion has presented its own version of packaging used by television "news" stations for presenting non-stories as "news" stories. Quite funny, yet serious and well-concocted. The Onion's video looks like a news story about non-news stories, yet it presents a topic that is certainly newsworthy. Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere Speaking of The Onion, check out a new written Onion story on bigotry. Here's an excerpt:

A coalition of the nation's most fervent bigots convened in Washington Monday to address growing concerns that the production of hateful new racial slurs has failed to keep pace with the rise in mixed-race births.

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The Onion: Bald Eagle frustrated at sterotyping

According to The Onion, an American bald eagle has spoken out, frustrated that so many people assume that he is pro-war.

Frustrated by the widely held assumption that he unequivocally endorses the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a bald eagle said Monday that his thoughts on the conflicts were far more nuanced than many Americans might expect. Speaking to reporters from his nest in the upper branches of a 175-foot ponderosa pine tree, the eagle explained that each member of his species was different and none should be taken for granted as a lockstep supporter of American military policy.

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