• @cybervseas
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    612 months ago

    Ouch. The Onion: this is effectively just reporting on real events…

    • TheTechnician27
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      732 months ago

      This is their section called “American Voices” where the story is a real, actual event that happened but commentated on by satirical representations of Americans.

        • TheTechnician27
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          2 months ago

          It’s not always the same three people shown here, but yeah, they pull from a very small pool of at least six fictional people.

          • @taiyang
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            102 months ago

            The occupation and names I think are random and usually a joke, too.

  • @[email protected]
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    342 months ago

    If you don’t want to be executed, maybe just don’t be vaguely associated with the crime?

    • @jqubed
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      42 months ago

      The story is real in the American Voices features but the commentary is satirical

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Oh, right! I get that, but it’s just so on the nose that it could be in either. Sadly, it’s not satire.