Comments on: Has ‘The Onion’ sold its soul?

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:04:20 +0000

Link did not come through. Here it is now:
http://www.fuckedcompany.com/extras/onion_email.cfm

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:03:13 +0000

The Onion has been trying to sell itself for years. Proof of a past attempt at a Viacom buyout via Comedy Central can be found here. They didn’t move to NYC to just ride the subways and take in Misshapes parties.
And FWIW, former Onion editor Ben Karlin is Jon Stewart’s right-hand man as far as writing The Daily Show goes. And guess who’s at Stephen Colbert’s side at The Colbert Report? Former Onion editor Rich Dahm. A deal with Viacom makes sense.

By: EP Sato

EP Sato — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:14:06 +0000

It’d be cool if the Onion did more local editions in print. They still do them in Madison, Wisconsin that way and in a few other college towns. I’d LOVE to see the Onion-DC.
Does anyone remember “Death Star to Open Day Care Center”? Jim and Onion fan would have to break out the vynyl covers then for sure!

By: Karla

Karla — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:39:47 +0000

I love the Onion, too, but the site is an ad-filled nightmare. I stopped going when I found my pop-up blocker in a corner, crying from the stress.
Is there a way to read the thing without being beaten to death by endless ads, videos, and pop-ups?

By: OnionFanatic

OnionFanatic — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:34:28 +0000

Jim,
If I’m over and you whip out the stories – “F*** It, We’re Doing Five Blades” and/or “Visiting Gore Calls Pennsylvania ‘A Hellhole’”, I guarantee that you’ll need some protection on your couch.
-OnionFanatic
PS. Area Wildcat a Real Wildcat in the Sack.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:26:16 +0000

I read the Onion at lunch every Wednesday and I love Dan Savage and the AV Club as well. Please don’t change it!

By: jim saidhello

jim saidhello — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:55:49 +0000

Hours of pants-peeing, Onion Fanatic?
Remind me to put on the vinyl sofa cover next time you come by…

By: dma69

dma69 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:45:27 +0000

Can’t Viacom leave well enough alone?

By: EP Sato

EP Sato — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:41:03 +0000

I remember the Onion when it was a joke paper handed out at local shops in Madison, Wisconsin back in the 1980′s. Thanks to that Newspaper, I discovered Evan Dorkin (Milk& Cheese was their main comic strip for years), Dan Savage, and respect for film critics (the AV Club). With Viacom recently opting not to air Muhammad’s image on tv in my mind, it’s hard to believe that corporate ownership WON’T have a disparate impact on that newspaper. After all, this is the newspaper who said that Mother Teresa was mistakenly sent to hell. Would viacom let them print something like that?

By: Onion Fanatic

Onion Fanatic — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:19:43 +0000

For the love of God no! – the Onion must not sell out. I discovered this bastion of hilarity back in 1999 and it was a life changing experience. Just reading headlines out of one of their best of the onion books with friends – provides hours of laughter and pants peeing. The Onion must maintain its editorial integrity by remaining a stand alone entity.