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Mocking the police is not a crime

The case that prompted The Onion’s brief to the Supreme Court is no less ridiculous than the satirical website’s patently preposterous puffery.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022

Mocking the Police Is Not a Crime

A First Amendment case prompts The Onion to explain how parody works.

Reason · Oct 5, 2022

The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

WEKU · Oct 4, 2022

For the sake of sensible gun laws, get past politics

A bipartisan group of senators is currently huddling in hopes of devising some kind of gun control compromise that can pass both houses. Godspeed to them. But I fear their efforts will fail in our ultra-polarized climate.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 3, 2022

‘No way to prevent this’: why the Onion’s gun violence headline is so devastating

After the latest mass shooting in Texas, the site, known for satire, opted for a layout that was ‘not a belly-laugh type joke’

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

Commentary: Why The Onion’s take on the Uvalde shooting captures every parent’s worst nightmare

It’s the yellow caution tape that gets to me when I look at the pictures tweeted by the satirical website The Onion in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, yesterday. Emblazoned with the words “Sheriff’s Line Do Not Cross,” the yellow tape is draped…

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022

The Loop: Gun debate rages in US, Reconciliation Week arrives, and much of Australia set for wet winter

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

'The Onion' has republished a grim headline about mass shootings 21 times since 2014

The satirical news site publishes modified versions of the article after major mass shootings, always with the same headline: "No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens."

WEKU · May 25, 2022

Finding humor in Ukraine war? It's (always) the Onion's way

The best taco place in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Russia Ukraine War Advisory

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting in Turkey. Present in the room is also the sanctioned Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea soccer club, Roman Abramovich.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022