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KapteinB  ·  2237 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Study: Nearly Half Of Anti-‘The Last Jedi’ Tweets Were Bots

Real news with fake comments? How long has The Onion been doing this type of content?





galen  ·  2236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

At least as long as I've been reading it (since ~2009). Usually not as hyped as the main features, but it's always been a regular column (also in the print edition).

tacocat  ·  2236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They've always done it as far as I know. It's always the same people's pictures too with different occupations. I saw them call a guy an Instagram poet the other day