The “Onion”
is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a
website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and
local news. The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and
fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed
pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout
and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Its humor
often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy. Other
common themes include surreal exaggeration and contrasting media portrayals
against reality by treating the fictional version as more real to show a flesh
perception of the world. It is a kind of social commentary that so many readers sought after. While the decrease in
traditional print media circulation forced to massive lay off, the sales of the
"Onion" have not been affected a bit. It claims a national print
circulation of 690,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between
18 and 44 years old. Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the
"Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to averageof 7.5 million unique visitors per month. The “Onion”
is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a
website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and
local news. The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and
fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed
pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout
and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Its humor
often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy. Other
common themes include surreal exaggeration and contrasting media portrayals
against reality by treating the fictional version as more real to show a flesh
perception of the world. It is a kind of social commentary that so many readers sought after. While the decrease in
traditional print media circulation forced to massive lay off, the sales of the
"Onion" have not been affected a bit. It claims a national print
circulation of 690,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between
18 and 44 years old. Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the
"Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to averageof 7.5 million unique visitors per month.