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The Onion is groundbreaking satirical news publication that has become an industry icon and leader in the satirical news space.

Something akin to a published version of SNL's weekend news update, the Onion can be credited with

helping usher in the Daily Show era and the popularity of gleaning cultural opinion from stories

that make fun of culture. As a young college graduate living in Chicago, I looked forward to the new Onion newspaper

every Thursday.

At the time, they were free and could be found in nearly every coffee shop or newspaper

street box.

Few people would have described the parody publication as left wing at the time.

It was just funny.

For decades, it had no print

rival, and it was the standard for all other similar publications. Now comes news the Onion is

close to bankruptcy and ready to close up shop. An Onion writer recently took to social media to

beg for donations to keep the struggling publication open and its writers

working. It's been a long fall from the height of their influence a mere 20 years ago. So what

happened? Politics. The Onion used to be an equal opportunity offender, but over the years has

drifted further and further to the fringes with their comedy.

Headlines were aimed at progressive readers,

and progressives are some of the most humorless people on earth.

Satire is aimed at offending people by ridiculing ideas.

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