Onion fools many

"Is this.. real?" For anyone who lacked forwarning, this is the most common utterance following a first read of the online parody paper the Onion. Stories like the Burundi Beef Council can anger people so quickly that they often miss the joke, at first. Although the hillarious journal has been out for years people continue to confuse the paper with an actual newspaper, as this Wired story explains:

Onion Taken Seriously, Film at 11. People continue to mistake The Onion's stories as real news -- partly because the stories are so deadpan, partly because people are desperate to validate their twisted beliefs. Whatever the reason, the folks at The Onion just laugh and laugh. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News]

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