the onion

The Onion has been tricking people since they started printing out fake newspapers. Now thanks to the Internet, those fools can immediately and angrily post their outrage over the paper's fake headlines on Facebook for all to see. The delightful site Literally Unbelievable has an extensive list of the most ridiculous reactions to Onion articles on Facebook and we've compiled our favorite right here.  ...

For almost 25 years now, The Onion has entertained millions of in-the-know readers with satire of news stories both real and not so real. On occasion, however, not everybody gets the joke. And that includes some people whose very job it is to disseminate fact from fiction. Here are 18 instances of “America’s Finest News Source” pulling one over on the public. ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith goes on a Twitter rant after The Onion runs a story insinuating that he is ready to have the “Sex” conversation with his (“I neither have a son nor a 9-Year-old” [Smith’s words]) son. ...