The Onion NAILS the New York Post. . .

[DinahMoeHum]

. . .for it's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-is-a-tragedydoes-it-really-matter-exactly-how,32076/?ref=auto

(Careful - the first 2 paragraphs of the piece by the "New York Post Editor" do not sound like satire. Go further in to the end)

This Is A Tragedy—Does It Really Matter Exactly How Many People Died Or What Any Of The Details Are?

(snip)
Yes, there are many questions being asked right now. Did the New York Post get the facts correct? Did we observe proper journalistic protocol? Did we simply pump out the most eye-catching story we could think of in a cynical, bald-faced attempt to boost web traffic? But these are simply not appropriate questions to be asking at a time like this. In fact, they were especially inappropriate when asked by one of our own reporters, who, in the midst of yesterday’s senseless mayhem, had the gall to wonder why we were running unconfirmed information from an unnamed source that wildly varied from that published in other news outlets.

Well, if that’s the type of question you want to be asking while dozens or perhaps hundreds of families are grieving over the loss of their sons and daughters, then you can go along with him to some other newspaper. Sorry, but that’s just not what the New York Post is about.

Also, an anonymous source is reporting there may be as many as 50 explosive devices still at large in the Boston metro area.
(snip)

http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-is-a-tragedydoes-it-really-matter-exactly-how,32076/?ref=auto

[pinboy3niner]

1. Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark

And they deserve it!

[Blue_Tires]

2. kick

[SpartanDem]

3. Ouch!

[longship]

4. I went to "The Onion" earlier today.

They had three stories about Boston Marathon, all very good. But this one wasn't one of them. I am a huge Onion fan and am glad that they continue to do the right thing, as they are want to do.

Indeed, they may indeed be the world's best news source.

on edit: My favorite of all time was their post 9-11 article about the 19 highjackers shocked to find themselves in Hell.

R&K

[Fantastic Anarchist]

7. This is my favorite

Couldn't find it at the onion archive, but here is the original article. Hilarious:

http://agley.wikidot.com/scribblings:the-onion-axis-of-just-as-evil

[libodem]

8. that was great

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. "Secret handshake. Ours is wicked cool." LMAO

Gets me every time.

[libodem]

12. Really good stuff

I like the dry delivery with the absurd.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. That pretty much sums up their interpretation of "journalism"

It's all about how many hits they can get to their site to boost their advertising dollars. If you want factual, go to some other newspaper. If you want the most sensational, unverified, far out story on the internet then they're your kind of "news."

[Benton D Struckcheon]

6. I know some of my money has leaked to that sewer rat Murdoch,

since he's like diarrhea: all over the freakin place. But I can honestly say that I've never deliberately given anything he owns a penny.

[maindawg]

10. hell the post was a weak rag 40 years ago

when I read it as a 12 year old. Its a tabloid. Always has been. Its just something NY needs to fill that void between news and gossip. You take everything they write with a grain of sand. I think I used to read a paper called the daily news? And then if there was a post I would flip through it for the entertainment value.
Its was a long time ago.

[libodem]

11. The 'Sun' of New York

Right there next to the Enquirer. That is some journalistic integrity?

[dothemath]

13. Time for another one.

There should be 2 new cabinet posts. The first one, Sec'y of Explaining Sh*t, has been demonstrated to be necessary. The second one, Sec'y of Anonymous, gets my vote.

[DinahMoeHum]

14. Good one. "Secretary of Explaining Shit", indeed!