The Onion began with a group of scrappy Gen Xers who wanted to poke fun at mainstream news. It's evolved into an at times ...

Author and founding member of The Onion Christine Wenc explores the satirical news organization’s origins and impact on ...

New book about the in-depth history of the original fake news humor publication, The Onion. Author and historian Christine Wenc is one of The Onion’s original staffers. The book reveals how ...

So "The Onion," you know, sort of went into the middle ... had values they wanted to express through their satire, and that's, that's kind of how all that stuff kind of mixed together.

How The Onion Created Modern News Satire." Christine, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. CHRISTINE WENC: Thank you so much for having me. DETROW: Before we get into the history, can I ask what some ...

Author Christine Wenc on how The Onion created modern American news satire.

Straight out of an Onion story, Donald Trump fired the head of America’s cyber defenses just as the U.S. faces sustained and ...