Who? An American news satire site.
Why? The Onion manages to nail so many issues with such a fine feeling for tragedy, cynicism and ultimately, the heart in the right place.
What resonates with me? Well, it was probably the Onion that inspired me to take up writing news satire for some time as well (go look here), but like how comedy in this bleak age of rising fascism, Trump, growing inequality and environmental disasters has become a more reliable source of information than the regular media and its blowhard pundits, the Onion still manages to rise to the challenge and be both funny and incisive.
Best bit? After Obama got elected in 2008, the Onion headlined ‘Black Man Gets Worst Job in the World’. Another very good one, often reposted after a shooting in America, was ‘There Is No Way to Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Happens.’
Next up: Mike Dierickx, Belgian trance producer.
Why? The Onion manages to nail so many issues with such a fine feeling for tragedy, cynicism and ultimately, the heart in the right place.
What resonates with me? Well, it was probably the Onion that inspired me to take up writing news satire for some time as well (go look here), but like how comedy in this bleak age of rising fascism, Trump, growing inequality and environmental disasters has become a more reliable source of information than the regular media and its blowhard pundits, the Onion still manages to rise to the challenge and be both funny and incisive.
Best bit? After Obama got elected in 2008, the Onion headlined ‘Black Man Gets Worst Job in the World’. Another very good one, often reposted after a shooting in America, was ‘There Is No Way to Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Happens.’
Next up: Mike Dierickx, Belgian trance producer.
