Before there was a Jon Stewart or a Stephen Colbert, the task of presenting and parodying the news fell to a small publication founded by some college kids in Madison, Wisconsin in 1988.
The Onion took off fairly quickly, expanding its distribution to Midwest college towns and the great city of Chicago within a matter of years.
The rest, as they say, is history.
In its twenty-five years of existence, the Onion has routinely poked fun at the hapless, embarrassed the deserving and given those whose outlooks are perhaps infected with a touch of jaundice good, hearty belly laughs.
But in the wake of the tragic Isla Vista shootings, no media outlet better crystallized the event and the raging debate surrounding it than the headline in the May 27th issue:
'No Way To Prevent This' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Yeah.
Just.
Fucking.
Brilliant.
The Onion took off fairly quickly, expanding its distribution to Midwest college towns and the great city of Chicago within a matter of years.
The rest, as they say, is history.
In its twenty-five years of existence, the Onion has routinely poked fun at the hapless, embarrassed the deserving and given those whose outlooks are perhaps infected with a touch of jaundice good, hearty belly laughs.
But in the wake of the tragic Isla Vista shootings, no media outlet better crystallized the event and the raging debate surrounding it than the headline in the May 27th issue:
'No Way To Prevent This' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Yeah.
Just.
Fucking.
Brilliant.
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