Blayne Sucks

If you haven’t been to The Onion recently, why not? It is the quintessential time-waster site for those times when you have a spare five minutes where you can’t possibly get anything done.

I remember when The Onion launched their website and people were trying to make the mental leap for what it means to have a well produced satirical news website that was just as well presented (if not better) as any of the major news media sites. It wasn’t uncommon to get an email from a friend who had taken one of their stories seriously and thought it was real news. This has even happened to various major news media outlets.

Really though, they have been around in some form since the 80’s. Their website was were they really took off. And now they are taking off in the fake newscast video form. Last April they launched their online videos section, which is a satire version of those found on other news sites such as CNN and FoxNews. Amusingly, The Onion still has better web design than the big boys, IMHO. For example, it is easy to embed news clips from The Onion News Network:

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

The Onion videos have been hit or miss for me. Some of them have been utterly hilarious, while others have failed to make the grade. This one was absolutely excellent. All good humor has some (and in this case quite a bit) of truth to it.