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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have a suggestion, since the Onion headlines are misleading in the extreme, could
whoever wants to post the Onion, please put (Onion) in the headline..for those looking for bad headlines from du, the Onion is fertile ground.
Identified as such might slow them down.
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I have a suggestion, since the Onion headlines are misleading in the extreme, could (Original Post)
shraby
Oct 2012
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PDJane
(10,103 posts)1. Good plan, and I'd appreciate it too.
Laurajr
(223 posts)2. Thank you...That would be nice
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)3. I agree. Someone just posted one in Politics2012
The subject line looked legit, but it ended up being from The Onion.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251138289
FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)4. 1000% agree. nt
faith woos science
(66 posts)5. ;)
check the link it says theonion
http://www.theonion.com/articles/security-removes-bidens-rowdy-buddies-from-auditor,29880/
shraby
(21,946 posts)7. I know the link says the onion, but the headline does not.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)6. Is the Onion losing a little bit of its funny?
Maybe I'm losing a little bit of mine.
Denzil_DC
(7,188 posts)8. I agree. I'd appreciate that for ANY satirical post, especially at this stage in the election.
apart from the overall impression you mention, there's a risk that some people won't read too closely and will fall for a tall tale and spread it around and embarrass themselves (it's happened before). It wastes my time as I'm looking for useful information I can register or pass on or maybe blog about. If I want a laugh, I can usually find one.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)9. I have a suggestion - this belongs in Meta
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)10. I disagree. I don't think Onion posts are any shocking than
Nate Silver's polls!
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)11. Nope, I love to see them posted without caveats
It makes life that much more interesting