The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff.
The Onion, which started in 1988 in Wisconsin as a weekly satirical newspaper and later became a website, is known for its parodies of current events. For the last decade, it has republished the same headline after nearly every mass shooting: “‘No Way to Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”
It’s really sad that reposting that headline is what they’re prominently known for (based on its placement near the top of the article). Not sad for The Onion, mind you, but it is sad nonetheless.
It’s really sad that reposting that headline is what they’re prominently known for (based on its placement near the top of the article). Not sad for The Onion, mind you, but it is sad nonetheless.
For a long time they were known for an eerily prescient fake Bush Inauguration speech