Tears were shed Thursday night, not because of onions, but from laughter. "The Onion -American's Finest News Source" was promoted in the Mable Brown. The event started at 7pm. Two writers from the satirical publication showed off some of work of The Onion. The ridiculous news stories mocked real stories in the press.
Personally, I did not find a lot of their jokes funny, but the rest of the audience was laughing pretty hardcore. I think that it might have to do with the fact that I don't regularly read the news, so some of the issues they were making fun of didn't make any sense to me. If I was aware of some of the topics, I'm sure I would have been 'LOL'ing.
As the presentation was going on I started to wonder how what they did was ethical. They were making up stories that could hurt someone's reputation. They photocopied pictures and made fake videos. I still don't fully understand how they can get away with it. They were explaining how its considered satire parody, so technically they can't get in trouble for anything. One of the speakers said that they don't just "shit" on regular people, but they go after the people that deserve it. They are careful about who they target. Overall though they were bragging, "we do what we want." They also said that people need to realize that everything they write is fake.
It was interesting to hear everything. The most shocking fact was that the writers actually write the headline first, then the story. I found that to be captivating because it is different from how it usually works. In addition, only 1 hard copy comes out every week. Do not worry though, all of the silly stories are online.
If you would like to check them out, here is the link: http://www.theonion.com/
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