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"Funny Because It's True" - New book reveals the beginnings of The Onion | The Excerpt
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 ...
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‘Funny Because It’s True’ chronicles the history, local impact of The Onion
Author and founding member of The Onion Christine Wenc explores the satirical news organization’s origins and impact on ...
‘Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire’
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 ...
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'Funny Because It's True' tells the history of satirical paper 'The Onion'
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 ...
Laughter curdles as Trump’s assault on U.S. intelligence agencies mimics 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 ...
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BOOK NOOK: Peeling back layers of The Onion with this exhaustive history
In 1988 some students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison were trying to come up with ways to make extra money. They decided to begin publishing a weekly newspaper. They called it “The Onion.” ...
Katy Perry Sang "What A Wonderful World" While In Space, And No, This Isn't Satire
"It’s about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth," the ...
"Funny Because It's True" - New book reveals the beginnings of The Onion
Author Christine Wenc on how The Onion created modern American news satire.