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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

The Onion should pivot to actual news, since traditional media has embraced lies and absurdity.

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The Onion should pivot to actual news, since traditional media has embraced lies and absurdity.

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    TheOnion should buy Infowars.com and start posting real news.

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      Info about wars only?

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        With attitude and public shaming!

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      And they did The Onion Buys Infowars

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        Mad Lads! Amazing!!

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        how tf…?

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    Welcome to 2016.

    . . . Wait

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      Harambe was keeping us from the brink of annihilation

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        Bowie.

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          And Prince. Two god aliens that kept reality sane.

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        He was this timeline’s Anchor Being. Now we’re doomed.

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    Reminds me of /r/animetitties from the Reddit days.

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      not as good as it used to be, still the best news sub on that shit site.

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      what was the story with that?

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        I don’t recall exactly but this is the gist that I remember from a /r/subredditdrama post I read over a year ago

        “Real news” sub reddits let porn, nsfw content, onlyfans and whatnot on them because they were not actively or thoroughly moderated. Some users were upset,To emphasize their point started posting nsfw anime pictures.

        Someone decided they had enough and broke off into their own sub reddit that has actual news and it was called /r/animetitties or something.

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          ah okay thanks for explaining. sounds like it might have also been similar to the r/trees and r/marijuanaenthusiasts thing.

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            I think trees was just weed users got there first

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            Don’t forget the classic r/Superbowl. Greatest sub reddit scoop in the history of Reddit.

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              !superbowl@lemmy.world

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    They should have a section “not the onion”

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      While I like this I fear it’s too costly. Good journalism is pricey. And good comedy is pricey. I don’t know how well those two fields overlap. But I know I’ve seen good combos with Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver. So it’s for sure a possibility. I’d pay the onion for real news tbh.

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        Both have a place and they both as important as the other

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        Maybe it can only done by Jon’s.

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    They really could start publishing real news stories and no one would know the difference

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    I saw a recent article that’d be great for their first

    https://reason.com/2024/11/11/mom-jailed-for-letting-10-year-old-walk-alone-to-town/

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    They could call it the nonion

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      “This is nonion your business!”

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    Even in the current form it’s more substantial than the fox news.

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      Astronaut, gun, Astronaut

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      Most “real” news outlets too.

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    They kinda did, but it was an accident.

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    They did have a look at the major news outlets and the daily show a while back so.

    https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/survey-nprs-listeners-best-informed-fox-news-viewers-worst-informed/

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    Since people are saying that reality is becoming ridiculous, there should be a newspaper that says believable fake things like “people are treating climate change seriously” or “everyone is wearing masks and quarantining after covid-19 pandemic”

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    Well they did just buy infowars…

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html

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    If they did, and no one could tell the difference.

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      I haven’t noticed that, can you think of any examples that demonstrate your point?

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      Is this RFK with his whole brain worms thing

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