I have noticed this satirical story has been posted by several of my friends on Facebook.
Ridiculous!!!
For those who are not familiar with The Onion, which titles itself, “America’s Finest News Source” I have pulled their brief bio from Wikipedia: “The Onion is a United States-based parody newspaper published weekly in print and daily online. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 710,000[1] and says 67 percent of its Web site viewers are between 18 and 44 years old.
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and imagined. It parodies traditional newspaper features, such as editorials, man-on-the-street interviews, and stock quotes, as well as traditional newspaper layout and AP-style editorial voice.
Here’s the link to this story: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/as_obese_population_rises_more
1 comment:
It always amazes me when an Onion story is picked up by other news agencies as a source. We keep lamenting the current lack of scientific knowledge in this country, but who's educating the kids on how to recognize obvious satire? Nobody. That's who.
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