▲ 204 ▼ Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ (theonion.com) submitted 2 years ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) We've been joking that reality is so absurd that the Onion is just a news site now... permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago Satirists have often been the last line of defense for journalism. It makes sense, think how handy the “it was just a joke” defense has been for the worst people. We are still at the stage of our decline where that can work. Soon enough, nothing will be funny at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago Satirists have often been the last line of defense for journalism. It makes sense, think how handy the “it was just a joke” defense has been for the worst people. We are still at the stage of our decline where that can work. Soon enough, nothing will be funny at all. permalink fedilink source parent