Comments | ontd_political: Has The Onion gone too far with #CongressHostage story?

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Has The Onion gone too far with #CongressHostage story?

Sep 29, 2011 09:07

SATIRICAL PUBLICATION The Onion has confirmed that tweets and a story in which it is reporting an armed hostage taking place on Capitol Hill in Washington are intentional - although the story is not true ( Read more... )

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ladypeyton September 29 2011, 18:22:21 UTC

*headdesk**headdesk**headdesk**headdesk*

People are so stupid.

arisma September 29 2011, 18:23:35 UTC

Really... not... bright.

mephisto5 September 29 2011, 18:28:49 UTC

*blink*

Why would anyone expect a fake news to report something big like a hostage situation?

owlsarentaholes September 29 2011, 18:35:38 UTC

People are so dumb.

EVERYTHING The Onion posts is in bad taste, according to someone. That's what makes it funny.

moropus September 29 2011, 23:12:27 UTC

I think that is what the Onion is for.

chasingtides September 29 2011, 18:40:00 UTC

Who actually believes the Onion?

lickety_split September 29 2011, 18:52:25 UTC

LOL You may want to sit down for this.

chasingtides September 29 2011, 18:56:44 UTC

Just when I thought I had no faith in humanity left to lose.

erunamiryene September 29 2011, 19:02:32 UTC

THAT was the website I was trying to think of earlier while I was having a good laugh over the pearl-clutching this morning.

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