The Onion's Latest Gag Looks Good in Red

Here at The Megaphone, we often post observations and insights about the demise of the newspaper business. The Onion, in its latest antic, makes a play on the industry's failure with hilarious hyperbole, by pretending that the paper has been sold to the Chinese. While one may read an article from The Onion's supposed former publisher entitled "Well, I've Sold the Paper to the Chinese," and think this is just one of the fake news syndicate's ironically comic articles, the ruse doesn't end there: it turns out that The Onion's entire home page has been made over to appear as if production has actually been handed over to the communist regime.

Featuring headlines such as "Nothing At All Happens to 28 Tibetan Protestors, Their Families," and "Weakling President Asks Imaginary Man in Sky to Bless Nation," the site also shows fake advertisements from such products as "Yu Wan Mei," a "miscellaneous flavor paste."

In a world where fake news is becoming increasingly more attractive than the real stuff, we hope the outsourcing of much-needed satirical humor never actually becomes a reality.