URL:

http://www.theonion.com

What is The Onion?

The Onion is an American “fake news” organization. It publishes satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news through an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V. Club. 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. Much of its humor depends on presenting everyday events as newsworthy items, and by playing on commonly used phrases. (read more at Wikipedia)

What you may not know about The Onion

The Onion has a featured called Our Dumb World, that is a Google Maps mashup of articles on The Onion.  What this means is you can visually see a map of the world with Onion icons all over it.  Click on an icon to read that Onion “fact” or “news story”.  It’s definitely a cool way to visually see the different areas of the world The Onion has covered satirical topics on.

Here’s a quick video on The Onion: