With so much of the so-called mainstream electronic news media engaged in a bizarre process of self-marginalization, it comes as no great surprise — but genuine delight – that The Onion has decided to get into the 24-hour “fake news” business. Describing itself as, “faster, harder, scarier and all-knowing”, (“Scarier” than what? Fox News? Impossible!)
Actually, the news service declares itself a rival to CNN and MSNBC. “Those are parody shows,” Onion prez, Sean Mills, told Variety. “This is serious news.”
Given the rather startling number of cronies of mine — go ahead, consider the source — who have thrown up their hands at the timidity and target-demo driven silliness of the 10 pm local news and made a habit of “The Daily Show” instead, The Onion News Network, (ONN), available now at Theonion.com, commences business with a nice built-in audience.
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