Something Pretty Common Just Happened!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by gerv

Incisive and hilarious commentary on our 24-hour news culture from the Onion. Warning: they swear a lot while making their point. :-|

8 thoughts on “Something Pretty Common Just Happened!”

Robert Kaiser on March 16, 2010 at 2:16 PM said:

Ah, the Onion is just hilarious. Thanks for bringing some fun into that day! ;-)
David Naylor on March 16, 2010 at 2:43 PM said:

Hahah, thanks for that. Being a journalist possibly makes it even funnier. :)
VanillaMozilla on March 16, 2010 at 2:48 PM said:

Thanks, Gerv. I have a picture of a talking head, doing what he does best — talking on camera, of course — with Obama is talking in the background. Not content to present actual news, he is instead telling his viewers what they are supposed to think about the actual news. It fits right in.
Jeff Walden on March 17, 2010 at 8:09 AM said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0 is in a similar vein.
Jeff Walden on March 17, 2010 at 8:10 AM said:

This video is in a similar vein, in the sense of reifying a cliche into its literal components:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0
Jeff Walden on March 17, 2010 at 8:10 AM said:

This video is in a similar vein, in the sense of reifying a cliche into its literal components:

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer
Jeff Walden on March 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM said:

Sigh, the blog software misled me into thinking I’d been spam-binned. :-(
Dan on March 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM said:

This kind of reminds me of Charlie Brooker’s “How To Report the News”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4