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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 10:28 PM
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"The Onion" Satire Site Folds
Edited on Sun Oct-30-05 10:34 PM by sellitman
I wish this was a joke! - Kevin I guess it was? Jeeeez Louise!



Milwaukee, WC -- The beloved humor site "The Onion" has announced that it will be ending its 17 year run later this month, citing financial troubles and declining revenue.

The news comes to a shock to many fans, since from outward appearances the satire site seemed to be growing rapidly and climbing to a claimed readership of 3 million online readers and 990,000 print.

More: http://babyurl.com/4pfUwG
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 10:29 PM
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1. this seems really really odd.
Edited on Sun Oct-30-05 10:31 PM by Brundle_Fly
after the white house went after them for using the POTUS logo like 3 days ago.


edit to say even WEIRDER after noting the date!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 10:29 PM
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2. Did you note the date on this article?
Edited on Sun Oct-30-05 10:31 PM by mac56
Take a look.

I think your wish came true!
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 10:31 PM
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3. Locking
This is not LBN, the article is months old and appears to be a joke.
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