The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we don't use AI to write headlines and make art, and we're one of roughly three publications who are up for the fight. Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically. Are you?
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It's been a big year for us at The Onion, but as media collapse accelerates, it is unfortunately going to be a fucking great year for us next year. So I sent an email to our members with our goalโฆ | Ben Collins | 76 comments
It's been a big year for us at The Onion, but as media collapse accelerates, it is unfortunately going to be a fucking great year for us next year.Ben Collins (www.linkedin.com)
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Yup, feeling like reading The Onion with almost every issue coming from the US government since February 2025โฆ
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Unknown parent • • •Do they get a White House correspondent then? They're at least as credible as the right wing chuds Trump has given press passes to.
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Unknown parent • • •@GossiTheDog I reiterate my suggestion for the The Onionโs next April issue.
Publish a deeply researched and documented and entirely true and not satire series of articles. Just an entire issue of serious reporting.
(If they made this in physical print form I suspect it would actually sell extremely well)
Iโm semi serious - they could say โ #nottheonion wins - all these are well being published by us but not as satireโฆ.
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Unknown parent • • •@GossiTheDog Clicked on one of their videos:
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And from my mastodon-bubble, I have the impression that quite a lot of US folks agree with "nobody should see their child helping others like that".
Please tell me I'm wrong! Is this really the new standard on the other side of the pond?
And, yes, I remember the days where Onion's news were funny. Now they're just awful. And it's not the Onion's fault!
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